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American Educator: Spring 2017
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Where We Stand: Four Pillars for Successful Schools
Education was eclipsed by numerous other issues and controversies during the presidential election campaign. But if there was any question about the importance Americans place on public education, it was answered when Donald Trump nominated Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education. DeVos’s... -
The Potential and Promise of Latino Students
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Leading on Latino Issues
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The Professional Educator: Why Supporting Latino Children and Families Is Union Work
When AFT members last year passed the resolution “¡Si Se Puede!: Improving Outcomes for Latino Children and Youth and Addressing the Needs of the...
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Time to Play
Recognizing the Benefits of Recess...
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One Teacher’s Take on Recess
A Q&A with Christopher Smith...
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Spread the Word
In New York City, Encouraging Successful Schools to Share and Grow...
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The Teacher Residency
A Practical Path to Recruitment and Retention
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Stories of Struggle
Teaching the Value of Effort and Persistence in Science...
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News in Brief
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Share My Lesson
Teaching Immigration...
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Tools for Teachers
Supporting Immigrant StudentsAround the country, many of our immigrant students and their families are fearful. Understandably so: they were subjected to exclusionary, hostile, and divisive political rhetoric during the presidential campaign. And under the Trump administration, many of our students (whether they are legal...
