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Randi Weingarten speaks during March for Our Lives 2022 on June 11, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Teaching Profession AFT Head Randi Weingarten to Conservatives: Stop Politicizing Education and Let Teachers Teach

Far-right activists are manufacturing cultural controversies and detracting from efforts to catch students up, the union president says.

Madeline Will, July 18, 2022

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Parkland survivor and activist David Hogg speaks to the crowd during in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. The rally is a successor to the 2018 march organized by student protestors after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.

School Climate & Safety Teachers and Students Must Join Forces to Fight Gun Violence, Advocates Say

Student activist David Hogg was among those who called for educators to join in the fight for gun control.

Madeline Will, July 16, 2022

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First Lady Jill Biden speaks during the American Federation of Teachers convention, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Boston.

Federal Use Your 'Teacher Voice,' Jill Biden Urges in a Push for Political Activism

Voting in the midterms is a critical step educators can take to bolster democracy, the first lady and other labor leaders told teachers.

Madeline Will, July 15, 2022

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Teaching Profession Abortion, Anti-LGBTQ Bills, and Safe Schools: 5 Things to Know From NEA's Annual Assembly

Here's your cheat sheet on the union's budget and membership—and how members voted on new directives.

Madeline Will, July 7, 2022

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NEA President Becky Pringle speaks on the second day of the 2021 NEA Convention in Denver.

Teaching Profession School Safety, Morale, and Filling Shortages: NEA President Dishes on What’s Next For Teachers

Becky Pringle takes EdWeek's questions about the union's safety policies, teacher shortages, and why it moved its conference out of Texas.

Madeline Will, July 6, 2022

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event in New Orleans, Saturday, July 2, 2022.

Teaching Profession You Shouldn't Have to Treat Gunshot Wounds, Kamala Harris Tells Teachers

The vice president also unveiled a new tutoring initiative and underscored the administration's goal of higher pay for teachers.

Madeline Will, July 5, 2022

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School Security Guard walking on a school yard.

School Climate & Safety Nation's Largest Teachers’ Union Calls for Curbs on School Policing

But the National Education Association stopped short of urging the removal of school resource officers from campuses.

Madeline Will, July 5, 2022

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Teaching Profession Teaching Is Hard. Take a Break, 'Abbott Elementary' Stars Urge Teachers

Tyler James Williams and Sheryl Lee Ralph, stars of the ABC workplace sitcom, thanked teachers for "getting the job done."

Madeline Will, July 3, 2022

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The Supreme Court in Washington, Dec. 3, 2021. The Supreme Court has turned away a plea from parents to block a new admissions policy at a prestigious high school in northern Virginia that a lower court had found discriminates against Asian American students.

Law & Courts Conservatives’ Checklist: U.S. Supreme Court Education Decisions to Overrule

Here are five education issues that could be targets for reconsideration if Roe v. Wade falls.

Mark Walsh, May 11, 2022

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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten passes out books to Ukrainian refugees at a makeshift school in a hostel in Warsaw, Poland, on April 4, 2022.

Federal Q&A 'Tell American Students to Be Grateful': What Ukrainian Refugees Told AFT's President

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten traveled to Poland to meet with Ukrainian students and teachers.

Madeline Will, April 5, 2022

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Teachers hold a rally outside the Senate Chambers in the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on March 5, 2018. A West Virginia state senator introduced a bill on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, that would allow striking teachers to be fired. The bill also would allow county boards of education to order the pay of an employee to be forfeited for each day of their participation in a strike.

Teaching Profession When Teachers Strike, Education Becomes More Prevalent in Political Campaigns, Study Finds

Teacher strikes have a profound and often unrecognized role in national politics, a new working paper suggests.

Madeline Will, October 27, 2021

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Close up photo of Money Bills - Benjamin Franklin

Teaching Profession Thousands of Teachers Who Were Denied Loan Forgiveness Will Get a Second Chance

A settlement between the American Federation of Teachers and the U.S. Department of Education establishes a review process for borrowers.

Madeline Will, October 13, 2021

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In this March 2, 2021, file photo, a sign is displayed at a COVID-19 vaccination site for employees of the Los Angeles School District, LAUSD, in the parking lot of SOFI Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. Public schools have struggled for years with teacher shortages, particularly in math, science, special education and languages. But the pandemic has exacerbated the problem. The stresses of teaching in the COVID-era caused a spike in teacher retirements and resignations. On top of that, schools now have to hire all kinds of additional staff, like tutors and special aides to help kids make up for learning losses, and more teachers to run online school for those not ready to return.

School & District Management Facing Disruption and Firings, L.A. Extends COVID Vaccine Deadline for School Staff

The extension comes as the nation's second-largest school system has struggled to fill more than 2,000 teaching and other vacancies.

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2021

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Two diverse educators with laptops sitting on an oversize cellphone with communication symbols and text bubbles on the phone and in the air around them.

Classroom Technology Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok Make Teachers' Jobs More Difficult and Dangerous, Union Says

Social media spreads misinformation and emboldens students to damage school property, the National Education Association says.

Alyson Klein, October 12, 2021

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