Press Releases

02/24/2011
AFT Statement On Providence, R.I., Public Schools’ Decision To Fire All City Teachers
02/24/2011
Weingarten Proposes New Alignment of Evaluation and Due Process for Tenured Teachers AASA’s Domenech to Co-Convene Group to Examine Proposal
02/19/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,On House Passage of Temporary Spending Bill
02/17/2011
AFT President Randi Weingarten Kicks Off ‘Making a Difference Every Day’ Tour in Peoria, Ill.
02/14/2011
AFT and Affiliates Take Center Stage at National Collaboration Conference
02/14/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama’s Education Budget Proposal
02/07/2011
AFT Adopts Kenneth Feinberg's Procedures For Handling Teacher Wrongdoing Allegations
02/04/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On Alarming Loan-Default Rates at For-Profit Colleges
02/02/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On Maintaining Pell Grant Award Level
01/31/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On Florida Federal Court Ruling on Healthcare Reform
01/25/2011
AFT To Take Center Stage at National Collaboration Conference
01/25/2011
AFT Statement On President Obama’s State of the Union Address
01/20/2011
Report Finds Significant Pay Inequities Among College and University Faculty in Pennsylvania
01/20/2011
AFT Statement on Kenneth Feinberg’s Framework for Handling Allegations of Teacher Wrongdoing
01/19/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, AFT President, On House Republicans' Vote To Repeal Healthcare Reform
01/11/2011
Lorretta Johnson, Executive VP, AFT, Congratulates Top-Ranked States in ‘Quality Counts’ Assessment
01/10/2011
AFT Mourns Death of Hong Kong Democracy Activist, Teachers Union Leader Szeto Wah
01/10/2011
Statement by AFT President Weingarten On Michelle Rhee's 'StudentsFirst' Priorities List
01/08/2011
Statement of AZ FT Pres. Wieser & AFT Pres. Weingarten On the Shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Others in Arizona
12/21/2010
AFT President Randi Weingarten Tours Troubled Central Falls High School
12/18/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,On Senate Failure To Pass DREAM Act
12/09/2010
AFT Statement on DREAM Act
12/07/2010
AFT Statement On Results of the Programme for International Student Assessment
12/07/2010
AFT Statement Urging Congress To Pass DREAM Act
12/06/2010
Statement by AFT President Weingarten On Michelle Rhee’s ‘Students First’ Organization

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