AFT's para-educators and school-related personnel believe, fundamentally, that public education is foundational for our democracy and public schools are about equity for all kids. We must provide funds for the resources they need to succeed.
Texas's Fund Our Future campaign demands those in power invest in public schools and in the resources students need to succeed—particularly children of color, children with special needs, children who are vulnerable and children who live in poverty.
At the City University of New York (CUNY) faculty and staff worked more than a year with an expired contract. The union is demanding that CUNY management and funders of CUNY to do better.
At the Community College of Philadelphia, union faculty were at the bargaining table to reach an agreement that eases one of the heaviest workloads in the area and provides a living wage to staff.
Teachers, students and parents are fighting back against charter operators with poor or non-existent track records who want to take over their beloved public schools.
West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, Puerto Rico, Colorado: The movement to fund our public schools is growing.
A new report highlights inequity in educational opportunity.
This report details the devastating impact on schools, classrooms and students when states choose to pursue an austerity agenda in the false belief that tax cuts will pay for themselves.
Schools, classrooms and students suffer devastating impact when states choose to pursue an austerity agenda and deny them the resources they need.
AFT member Sara Goldrick Raab describes the realities of poverty among so many college students, and the programs built to address that.
More than 90 percent of teachers love their jobs, but more than half of them have also considered quitting, according to a new poll of educators.
Here’s how they did it.
Results from the AFT debt survey.
Breaking down Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and the difficulties of qualifying and getting it.
In Jefferson County, Alabama students not only receive an excellent education, but are also preparing for careers in a variety of fields.
In Hudson K-8 School, many students come from broken homes. But this school prides itself on providing love, support and a welcoming place.
AZ labor leader Ralph Quintana writes about the reasons why they went on strike.
Arizona teachers strike for more funding for their schools.
LA teacher Pamela Sanders’ account of how she’s on strike because her students need basics like nurses, counselors and smaller class sizes.
Parent Angie Gomez says parents are angry that LA has money but won’t spend it on schools for the basics.
Substitute teacher Vanessa Waters says she’s on strike because class sizes are unbearable and having no nurse at school is unacceptable.
CA adjunct Irene Sanchez tells her story.
After 20 months of negotiations and 6 days of striking, UTLA and the district came to an agreement.
Educators worked with the union to make sure that no kid went hungry during their strike.
Parents support the LA teacher strike.
‘Our funding is at a crisis level,’ say Colorado AFT teachers, who use 20-year-old textbooks and buy their own white boards.
More than 70 percent of Miami-Dade voters opted to give teachers a raise on Election Day. Voices: Karla Hernandez-Mats
An AFT PSRP member struggles after for-profits and loan servicers take advantage
Disinvestment in IL higher ed is such that whole departments are closing and faculty are being laid off even when they have tenure.
Student debt is an issue that touches nearly all AFT members, see one of their stories.
More than 500 educators at Chicago’s Acero charter school network went on strike over better teaching and learning conditions for students and fair pay for themselves.
Grad workers need a decent wage to make ends meet – Kansas grads.
During a week of frigid weather the city to close schools in the face of chronic heating problems that plunged indoor temperatures into the 30s and 40s.
How unions help members face their student debt.
A lecturer at the University of Michigan wants to give more time to students but struggles to stay in his low-paying profession.
Jessica Pierson Russo writes about the threat to after school program funding in St. Paul.
In sparsely populated Ekalaka, Montana public schools are the center for building relationships and providing social interaction.
Jack McAndrew, teacher leader in a Syracuse high school, says “we work with what we have” & talks about lack of investment in public education.
UFT member Katie Kurjakovic writes about threats from school budget cuts.
Adjunct faculty Tomm Waters protests low wages at CUNY in NYC.
Nearly 20 union leaders were arrested and hundreds of faculty, staff and students demonstrated to demand full funding for the City University of New York.
PSC members outline all the ways CUNY needs money, from class size to deteriorating buildings and not enough paper towels.
How infrastructure is falling apart at CUNY Brooklyn.
A former UFT member is still paying student loan debt at age 73.
Teachers demand the basics for their students: textbooks, manageable class sizes and repairs in their schools.
Teachers fight for funding in their schools.
Todd Ratica explains the pains of student debt.
Summit Academy teachers fight for the support staff they and their students need.
When educators have little job security, insufficient benefits and pay so low they have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet.
The March for Equitable Funding of Public Schools.
Decaying infrastructure in Philadelphia.
AFT member Jose DeJesus pitched in with relief efforts after the devastation caused by hurricanes; FEMA was simply not doing enough.
Mary Cathryn Ricker writes that after the hurricane AFT leaders in Puerto Rico sounded the alarm that the federal government response was wholly inadequate.
AFT fights the proposal to close 300 schools and cut $300 million from education spending.
Rhode Island faculty press for funding.
In Houston, union and school staff came together to transform their school through a "Community Schools" initiative.
Teachers join throngs of community members to march on the state capital for school funding.
AFT-WA has a big, very organized campaign they’ve taken to state leg.
PSRPs speak out about way-too-low insurance benefits they fought for during the strike, and the power of the union.
Relentless attempts to sabotage decent teacher pay & privatize public ed, even though teachers won a raise during last year’s strike.
Greg Cruey, teacher & union leader helping launch a community schools initiative and fighting to keep funding for Title II and Medicaid in schools.
Teachers stand up to policy that would have decimated public schools.
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