U.S. DOE seeks CGSA program applications
The U.S. Department of Education has started the application process for the Competitive Grants for State Assessments program. The…
AFT Local 1796 issues response to WP professor’s anti-union rhetoric
A recent online editorial by William Paterson University associate professor Colleen P. Eren — in which she claimed her…
Teach media literacy with NewsGuard resources
Through AFT’s educational partnership with NewsGuard, Share My Lesson now has media literacy resources suitable for students in grades…
Weingarten visits Newark, awards AFT stipends to students in teacher academy
AFT President Randi Weingarten visited Newark’s East Side High School on Feb. 14 to deliver news that the union…
Survey: Mental health of teachers, students among district leaders’ top concerns
A RAND Corp. survey released this month has found that as of November 2021, the top three concerns of…
Meeting series offers best practices for higher ed professionals
The recently launched For Your Institution is a virtual event series intended to assist collegiate professionals with navigating the…
Deadline for final round of RRR grants is March 13
Applications for the final round of Return, Recover and Reimagine grants for the 2021-22 school year is March 13…
Share My Lesson has Valentine’s Day resources
AFT’s Share My Lesson has more than 20 Valentine’s Day-related resources for K-12 students. Among them is a reading…
HELU winter summit set for Feb. 23-27
Higher Education Labor United will present its winter summit online from Feb. 23-27. The summit will focus on three…
Complexity of teaching about slavery, race reflected in new poll
In the latest Mood of the Nation poll, “90 percent believe that schools have a responsibility to teach about…
Murphy: School mask mandate to end March 7
Citing a continuing drop in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due to the omicron variant, Gov. Phil Murphy on…
Survey: About half of teachers have footed the bill for classroom ed tech
Close to 50 percent of teachers have personally paid for classroom education-technology lessons and units, while 21 percent say…
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