Jason, we’re announcing the relaunch of Share My Lesson: the community you love, with an even easier way to collaborate on just-in-time resources to help all students thrive. When the AFT launched Share My Lesson back in 2012, we had a…
Pawtucket School Committee Meeting, 10-12-21
A New Purpose for Education
By Pamela Cantor, from the American Educator Education has long been central to the promise of the United States of America. But our current education system has never been designed to promote the equitable opportunities or outcomes that our children…
Ambitious Teaching and Equitable Assessment
A Vision for Prioritizing Learning, Not Testing By Lorrie A. Shepard Claims that testing will serve equity very often aren’t true. That’s my conclusion from 50 years of studying the impact of high-stakes standardized assessments. Yes, I should have retired…
Pawtucket School host AFT ‘First Book’ event this summer
The CDC releases compelling new charts explaining vaccine efficacy
Fully vaccinated individuals have a much greater chance of not being impacted by COVID-19, whether that impact is via infection, hospitalization, or death. If you are still unclear on how well vaccinations work against COVID-19 since delta became the predominant…