Two Strike Votes Tonight

Tonight there will be two strike votes taking place.  One of the votes will feature a teachers union while the other features a Long Island union. This evening at 7:00 pm Pacific time teachers in Portland, Oregon will be voting on whether or not to authorize a strike.  The Portland Association of Teachers, an NEA …

Shelly Silver & Cathy Nolan Call for Delay

Legislation still needed, but this is promising.  More to come…

URGENT! Act Today!

Via NYSAPE… ACTION ALERT – CHANGE REGENTS NOW The NYS Legislature will shortly decide which candidates will be appointed to four Regents positions.  NYSAPE is endorsing four new candidates, who have made a firm commitment to change the direction of current education policies.  They oppose high stakes testing and student data-sharing without parental consent. They …

Iannuzzi Strongly Condemns “Sit and Stare” Policies

Via nysut.org… New York State United Teachers President Richard C. Iannuzzi today called on school districts to abandon educationally unsound and unconscionable policies that force students whose parents have decided to opt them out of state testing to “sit and stare” instead of providing them with a constructive alternative. … “NYSUT strongly condemns the policy …