Public Servant Takes Swipe at . . . Public Service
At a forum designed to recruit talented young people into the federal government, President Bush's chief of staff delivered a decidedly mixed message: Interested in a job in public service? Go corporate instead. MORE...

Gov. Daniels Hoodwinks Hoosier Employees
A recent flip-flop by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels might just set a new standard for "say one thing, do another" political hypocrisy.  MORE...

Suburbs and Subgroups
After a New York Times op-ed misrepresented teacher unions and glossed over serious flaws in the No Child Left Behind law (NCLB), AFT's Antonia Cortese set the record straight. MORE...

Misguided:  A Reporter's Guide to Union Conventions
When a staunchly anti-union organization issued a "toolkit" for reporters covering the AFT QuEST convention, the AFT Public Affairs department geared up for a good fight. Instead, Jeanne Allen's Center for Education Reform, a strident champion of the voucher blob, gave us a good laugh. MORE...

Good News in NAEP Trends Results
Nine-year-olds in 2004 scored better than ever before on the NAEP Long-Term Trends tests in reading and math. What's more, for 9-, 13- and 17-year-olds, most racial/ethnic achievement gaps in reading have narrowed over the past three decades. MORE...

School Vouchers: Covered and Uncovered
If your only source of information about the District of Columbia's school voucher program is the Washington Post, then your view of vouchers is shaped by a slick PR operation, half-truths, sympathetic anecdotes and little context. MORE...

Double Standards Distort Charter School Debate
Bad education research is good for something--it shines a spotlight on those who repeat any finding that supports their agenda, no matter how weak the evidence. MORE...

When Progress Isn't 'Adequate Yearly Progress'
The AFT has long held that NCLB's adequate yearly progress formula is unworkable. But recent confirmation of AYP's flaws came from a surprising source—Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. MORE...

Teachers Have It Easy 
Dave Eggers' latest book, Teachers Have It Easy, is a sympathetic look at "the big sacrifices and small salaries of America's teachers." MORE...

Breaking News: Public Schools Outperform Private Schools 
Public school students do better on NAEP math tests than private school students with similar family and student characteristics, according to a new study. What does this mean for the voucher blob? MORE...

The Emperor's Economy Has No Jobs 
At a news conference last week, President Bush responded to a question about the economy by expressing his concerns about high fuel prices, trade policy, taxes . . . and asbestos. MORE...