Inside AFT: Trump administration strikes at affirmative action
The Department of Education announced Tuesday it is rescinding guidelines on affirmative action, effectively advising colleges and universities that the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions is beyond constitutional requirements. By revoking the...Inside AFT: Post-Janus advice: ‘Don’t count us out’
Right-wing groups have been waging war against public sector unions for many years, so last week’s Janus decision came as no surprise. In her monthly column, AFT President Randi Weingarten describes why Janus was such a “prized goal” for the...Advocacy Update: No more two-tiered teacher certification
NYSUT won its lawsuit against SUNY for the creation of special, dumbed-down teacher certification rules for charter schools. Read...Inside AFT: Online college regulations delayed
In her drive to loosen regulations on all things education (and consequently provide a clear path for privatization), Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is delaying regulations that would guide the oversight of online colleges. The rules, which online colleges have...Feds roll back race guidelines on college applications
Another step back to a different era by the U.S. Department of Education, as the department prepares to roll back guidelines that encouraged the consideration of an applicant’s race in admissions. Read...Inside NYSUT: Don’t believe the anti-union spam!
Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Janus v. AFSCME, NYSUT members began receiving emails encouraging them to drop out of the union. The emails are part of a $10 million campaign by the Michigan-based Mackinac Center, a...Inside AFT: Brown University grad workers win right to union vote
The labor union for graduate employees at Brown University, Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees, won the right to vote for official recognition when it signed an agreement with university administrators on June 21. The pact—among the first of its …Inside AFT: New York City teachers win paid parental leave
After months of intense negotiations and a public campaign by the United Federation of Teachers, educators in New York City have won paid parental leave. The policy, announced June 20, provides six weeks of time off at full salary for …