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What local leaders can do to support student literacy

Photo of speaker at 'Literacy for Leaders: What Locals Can Do to Support Student Literacy' workshop

The power of identity and empathy inside and outside the classroom

Participants talk during the Individual and Collective Identity (Hand in Hand) workshop

Supporting literacy development for English language learners 

Photo of speaker during the Expanding Literacy Instruction by Tutoring English Learner workshop

Strengthening educators to strengthen the union

AFT Members at the Using Professional Issues to Build Institutional Strength workshop

Strategies and resources to support classroom reading instruction

Photos from the Pre-TEACH Literacy Mini-Institute

‘TEACHing on the Hill’ amplifies educator voices in Washington

AFT Members with Senator Elizabeth Warren on AFT Lobby Day 2023

AFT’s Teacher Leaders Program empowers educators

Photo of teachers in AFT's Teacher Leaders Program

Reading is not dead: Thousands celebrate Reading Opens the World in Sachem, N.Y.

Photo of children reading together at a ROTW event in Sachem, NY

Supreme Court refuses student debt relief

Student Debt rally

Ban on affirmative action is a blow to equity in higher education

Supreme Court

Activists push states to take a stand for safer hospital staffing 

When mandated reporting does more harm than good: Tools for a new approach

Striking healthcare workers in Oregon call for improved patient care 

What's next after Biden-Harris endorsement?

Joe Biden and AFT members

AFT endorses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2024 Democratic primary

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris