By Randi Weingarten From Connecticut to Alaska, Florida to Pennsylvania, our union engaged in the midterm elections big-time. I was proud to stand with our members as we knocked on doors, made calls, talked to our friends and neighbors,…
Pawt. School Committee Organizational Meeting 1/6
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE PAWTUCKET SCHOOL COMMITTEE Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 6:00 PM JENKS/JMW COMPLEX FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS MEDIA CENTER 350 DIVISION STREET, PAWTUCKET, RI 02860 Agenda The meeting will come to order Roll…
Pawtucket School Committee Agenda 12/9
Regular Meeting of the Pawtucket School Committee Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 6:00 PM Jenks/JMW Complex for the Performing and Visual Arts Media Center 350 Division Street, Pawtucket RI 02860 Agenda I Meeting will come to order…
Holiday Open House
Pawtucket Teachers’ Alliance Annual Holiday Open House Wednesday, December 17, 2014 — 3:00 pm-??? Alliance Headquarters 413 Central Avenue, Pawtucket Hors d’oeuvres, Wine, Beer, and Soda All Pawtucket Teachers’ Alliance Members and Retirees Are Welcome!
Engaging Hands and Minds
Engaging Hands and Minds By Randi Weingarten For six years during the 1990s, I taught social studies in Brooklyn, New York, at Clara Barton High School for Health Professionals, a career and technical education (CTE) school. I remember thinking…
Re-envisioning Career and Technical Education
By AFT Many trends abound in education, and the virtual disappearance of vocational education is one of them. As our economy dramatically changed during the last several decades, wood-shop, welding, and metalworking all but vanished from high school…