What’s the single most important thing affecting student outcomes? Emotions. And not necessarily students’ own emotions but ours—those of the adults around them. So says Marc Brackett, a professor at Yale University and director of the Yale Center for Emotional…
Weingarten v. DeVos: The AFT sues the Department of Education over student debt
The AFT brought the student debt crisis to court Thursday, filing a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education for gross mismanagement and out-and-out sabotage of the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. This bold move…
Author, professor implores teachers to get out of their comfort zone
Christopher Emdin may be an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, but he took educators to church during his AFT TEACH plenary speech on Friday morning, delivering a fiery speech that…
Jen Surmeian Wins $1000 Award from Donors Choose
Winters Elementary School teacher Jen Surmeian attended the AFT Conference, TEACH, this week in Washington, D.C. and came home with a bit more than just inspiration. After attending three days worth of inspiring workshops, Mrs. Surmeian entered a contest challenge…
Weingarten: Educators must save democracy
“Teachers have always had power,” AFT President Randi Weingarten told the crowd at the TEACH opening plenary Thursday afternoon. “We need to own our power. And we need to build our power so we can move our agenda—for our students…
Supreme Court to Hear School Choice Case
By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter June 28, 2019, at 4:47 p.m. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT agreed to hear oral arguments this fall concerning a decision by Montana’s Supreme Court to halt the operation of a tax credit scholarship program that allowed students…