“The Bully Effect,” a half-hour CNN documentary,  aired  Sunday night (May 5) on Cartoon Network, which helped produce the show as well. The cast of Level Up, who usually take on digital monsters, have their radar on real-life  bullies this time. Anti-bullying has now gone prime time. But even if you missed the program Sunday [...]

AFT President Randi Weingarten today joined the chorus of education leaders who have been pressing New York state to make the new Common Core standards and assessments work before making them count. In an address to the Association for a Better New York, Weingarten called for a moratorium on attaching high-stakes decisions for students and [...]

NYSUT’s two national affiliates — the AFT and NEA — have teamed with other national unions to sponsor a television ad aimed at the legacies of members of Congress who have disappointed working people. The message, dubbed “Remembered,” began running this week and targets Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Rep. Gary Miller and Jeff Denham [...]

Usually this weekly post urges you to do something. This week, we’re urging you to read and watch and learn. Of course, if you still have the hankering to physically do something, please help out the Educate NY Now! coalition in its efforts to restore cuts to education. You can also voice your concerns about the [...]

This Friday a movie opens nationwide about parents seeking to transform their school in Pittsburgh. It’s called “Won’t Back Down.” It negatively depicts teachers and their unions and is being used to push parent-trigger legislation. Here’s a link to one bit of coverage on the New York City premiere. Here’s a parent’s take on the [...]

Congratulations to Martin Messner, president of the Schoharie Teachers Association, and Joe Satriano, a retiree of the Roslyn Teachers Association, for being recognized as 2012 Everyday Heroes by the American Federation of Teachers. Heroes is such an iconic word that brings to mind those who save lives. Joe Satriano used his sadness to signal others [...]

This video, which kicked off the AFT convention in Detroit this morning, highlights the past two years of AFT championing democracy, economic opportunity and high quality public services for students, families and communities.

Congratulations to Martin Messner, president of the Schoharie Teachers Association, and Joe Satriano, a retiree of the Roslyn Teachers Association, for being named 2012 Everyday Heroes by the American Federation of Teachers. By clicking on that link you can read their stories, and also the stories of four others who won from locals across America. [...]

Liz Benjamin of Capital Tonight interviews the AFT’s Randi Weingarten about bullying and how teachers are dealing with the problem. Here’s the link to the show. It’s a 10-minute interview, unheard of on so many shows that are barely giving the topic two minutes. You can read more of NYSUT’s coverage of this graceful, yet [...]

In case you missed it, here’s the question involving Randi Weingarten on Jeopardy Tuesday night. Our AFT President is getting a lot of mileage out of it. She has tweeted she thought the  question and answer was “a hoot” and noted this morning that “I have gotten more calls about this than ANY education idea [...]