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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.

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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.

Fed up about getting no respect at the state capitol? Use your power as a citizen to change the hostile climate at the capitol. Register here to join Texas AFT activists in our educator-to-voter education project..

Need tips for classroom management, setting up the classroom for the first day, or forms to help make everything run smoothly? Look no further with Texas AFT's  Teacher Survival Kit. (PDF, 2 MB)

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Texas AFT's online resource and brochure help you navigate the latest changes to the Safe Schools Act.