Home
|
|
Education News from the Texas AFT Legislative Hotline
Action Alert: Call Congress Now in Support of a Real Health-Care Reform Bill--H.R. 3962! 
|
Notable Laws Enacted in the 81st Regular Legislative Session
A detailed analysis of laws affecting public education and educators. Download the report here (PDF). |
|
Read the Latest Texas Teacher
|
Support the Social Security Fairness Act!
Send a letter now to your representative and senators asking them to support the new Social Security Fairness Act, which repeals two harmful retirement benefit offsets. More info... |
|
Important information on workplace issues surrounding the flu outbreak.
|
| |||
|
Read the news release from Texas AFT President Linda Bridges on a letter from TEA outlining the possibility of requiring some elementar teachers to take the generalist certification exam. |
The AFT announced the first recipients of the AFT Innovation Fund grants for education initiatives in which teacher unions and their partners will push the envelope to improve schools, teaching and learning in exciting, new ways at an Oct. 8 press conference at AFT headquarters.
|
|
QuEST 2009 Highlights
Highlights from the recently concluded 2009 AFT QuEST conference in Washington, D.C., included AFT president Randi Weingarten's keynote address, a town hall meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, a panel on community schools and remarks from U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Daily updates from the conference, as well as video highlights, can be found on the AFT's QuEST 2009 Web site.
|
 On June 22, President Obama announced a nationwide service initiative, United We Serve, which is the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans. |
