Press Releases

10/12/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,On Report on Fairness in School Funding
10/07/2010
AFT Responds to New Report on Effects of Natural Disasters on America's Children
10/07/2010
Statement by Pres. Weingarten On The New Teacher Project's Blueprint for Teacher Evaluation
10/05/2010
Statement by President Weingarten On First White House Summit On Community Colleges
10/04/2010
AFT To Participate In First White House Summit on Community Colleges
09/29/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Progress in Baltimore’s Teachers’ Contract Negotiations
09/27/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama’s Effort To Recruit 10,000 New Science and Math Teachers
09/27/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the U.S. Department of Education’s TEACH Campaign
09/24/2010
Stmt. by Newark Teachers Union Pres. and AFT Pres. On Mark Zuckerberg's Donation to Newark's Schools
09/24/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, AFT, On the Retirement of Marcia Reback
09/21/2010
Statement by President Weingarten Urging Senate To Support DREAM Act Amendment
09/21/2010
Statement by President Weingarten On Study on Benefits of Performance Pay Without Other Reforms
09/21/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Announcement of Grants To Support ‘Promise Neighborhoods’
09/20/2010
‘Investing in Innovation’ Grant Will Support AFT Educational Foundation’s Groundbreaking Work on Teacher Development and Evaluation
09/20/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On McKinsey Report on Teacher Recruitment and Retention
09/16/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Census Figures Showing Spike in Poverty
09/15/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On D.C. Mayoral Candidate Vincent Gray’s Democratic Primary Victory
09/10/2010
AFT Secretary-Treasurer Visits Central Falls (R.I.) High School And Meets with Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance Members
09/09/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, AFT, On Planned Quran Burning and Other Anti-Muslin Bigotry
09/09/2010
AFT's Lorretta Johnson Visits Cleveland To Promote Community Involvement in Public Schools
09/08/2010
AFT President Randi Weingarten Visits Stonewall Jackson Middle School, Which Could Become West Virginia's First State-Funded Community School
09/02/2010
AFT Statement On ‘Race to the Top’ Grants To Improve Student Assessments
09/01/2010
Statement by President Weingarten On the U.S. District Court Ruling on the WTU Election Process
08/29/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Los Angeles Times’ Release of Teachers’ Value-Added Model Results
08/25/2010
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Schools

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Convention speeches will be open to the press. All press wishing to attend and cover the convention must RSVP to AFTPress@aft.org and request credentials, which can be picked up in the convention press office. Requests for interviews with non-AFT speakers should be directed to those speakers' press offices. The convention will also be live streamed on AFT’s social media channels.

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