Reports

This page is a list of AFT reports.

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2021

Schools were never just a place to sit and learn math and literacy skills. Schools are at the center of a child and family’s life, as well as the community and ...
AFT members are facing unsafe working conditions because of COVID-19 and as a result of very poor staffing. Filing a complaint with the Occupational Safety and ...

2020

This report is an update to the original Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science published by the American Federation of Teachers over 20 years ago and emerges from ...
“Putting Back the ‘Public’ in Public Charter Schools” is a report on research conceived by the Charter School Advisory Group of the American Federation of Teach...
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This report exposes the disturbing economic reality faced by millions of contingent and adjunct faculty at the nation’s colleges and universities, with nearly 2...

2019

This report focuses on how private equity–owned companies profit from the expansion of mass incarceration and how this poses regulatory, reputational, and finan...

2018

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This special edition report outlines how investing in gun manufacturers can expose pension funds to litigation, regulatory, reputational, and financial risks. I...
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An estimated 44 million Americans struggle under the weight of nearly $1.5 trillion in student debt. More than 11 million student loan borrowers (one-fourth of ...