Education
AFT convention: Teachers ask, “When did we become the enemy?”
July 27, 2012AFT President Randi Weingarten began her keynote address to 3,000 delegates as the AFT opened its national convention. She drew a standing ovation.
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Teachers hit over-reliance on testing
July 19, 2012The AFT will launch an all-out drive against school systems' overdependence on high-stakes testing as a measure of student progress.
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Beware: “Pro-child” groups press corporate schools agenda
July 10, 2012The Change.org petition site recently dropped the misleadingly named "StudentsFirst" and "Stand for Children" as paying clients.This came after public pressure including a counter-petition by a Chicago teacher.
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For cost of 1 month of Iraq War, “God particle” could have been U.S. triumph
July 10, 2012The discovery of the Higgs boson subatomic particle is one of the biggest triumphs in the history of science.
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Today in history: Birthday of Julia Lathrop
June 29, 2012Today in history: Birthday of Julia Lathrop, social reformer in the area of education, social policy, and children's welfare.
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