Mike Antonucci’s Union Report appears most Wednesdays; see the full archive. It has been the best of times and the worst of times for the California Teachers Association. When the COVID crisis hit, the union received a bunch of protections from the governor and the legislature, including a layoff ban and funding based on pre-COVID […]
Mike Antonucci’s Union Report appears most Wednesdays; see the full archive. We have heard a lot about educator shortages recently, but over the past few weeks the media have sounded the alarm over a different shortage: students. The Associated Press, Washington Post, Chalkbeat, Politico and The 74 are national outlets that highlighted steep declines in […]
Mike Antonucci’s Union Report appears most Wednesdays; see the full archive. A version of this column originally appeared on the EIAOnline blog. Most American Federation of Teachers locals are run by officers elected as part of a caucus, which is a sort of internal political party. The United Federation of Teachers in New York City […]
Mike Antonucci’s Union Report appears most Wednesdays; see the full archive. By a 37-0 vote last month, the New Jersey State Senate passed S896, which would eliminate the requirement for teacher candidates to complete a “performance based assessment” other than any included in their university programs. Currently, prospective teachers must successfully complete the Educative Teacher […]
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The New York Post this week published details of email exchanges between officials of the American Federation of Teachers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the CDC’s school reopening guidelines, which were released in February. The emails were obtained by a conservative policy group through the Freedom of Information Act and provided to the Post.
“We were able to review a copy of the draft guidance document over the weekend and were able to provide some initial feedback to several staff this morning about possible ways to strengthen the document,” wrote Kelly Trautner, AFT’s senior director for health issues, in a Feb. 1 email cited by the Post. She referred to the union as the CDC’s “thought partner.”