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The Volvo does sacrifice some utility for the sake of that pretty roofline, but since the battery isn't huge, there is still a lot of room aft of the rear seats.

WASHINGTON — Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the passing of the Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act:

Yesterday, Dr. Howard Fuller, Derrell Bradford, Darrell Allison, and Kevin Chavous led a media conference call following the astonishing attack on families and education reform advocates by AFT President Randi Weingarten.

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«The StudentsFirst report cards are merely political scorecards designed to push the organization's state legislative agenda,» wrote Carolyn Fiddler from AFT in a statement released Monday.

The Unity Commission's recommendations still need the approval of two - thirds of the Democratic National Committee, but if the party decides to slash its superdelegate ranks, I would suggest they start with AFT president Randi Weingarten and NEA president Lily Eskelsen García.

In Colorado last year, the local AFT affiliate even supported legislation that requires student achievement data to account for 51 percent of a teachers» evaluation score.

Partnering with the American Federation of Teachers, FRAC has created a three - part comprehensive breakfast guide based on feedback from AFT members from around the country.

As AFT president for almost three years, I continue to seek common ground on schools, and our members continue to make extraordinary sacrifices to serve kids through very tough economic times.

The union leaders termed the tuition grant proposal a «voucher bill,» and the president of AFT Local 420 questioned Rep. Hubbard's loyalty to the St. Louis schools.

We readily agree that this is not always been a perfect process and that it can always be improved, but by voting for AFT in the election, you may be voting away your legal rights to deal directly with Paul and your supervisors on issues that will determine your pay, benefits and working conditions.

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A new AFT report, «Raising the Bar: Aligning and Elevating Teacher Preparation and the Teaching Profession» has won praise from many quarters, including Arne Duncan.

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When last we checked in on American Federation of Teachers Local 231, the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), Randi Weingarten at AFT national headquarters had attempted to restore order after the chaotic reign of former union president Steve Conn by placing the DFT in trusteeship.

Those changes, say AFT leaders, must include reform in the areas of school organization, curriculum, instruction, and educational programs.

The consortium's 39 diverse public high schools (37 are in New York City, one is in Ithaca and one is in Rochester) are staffed by AFT members and have received waivers from four of the state's five standardized exams (students still take the English Regents test).

It sports a large aft deck, forward cabin saloon and accommodations, and lower forward accommodations.

The standard - fitted Centre Rail storage and attachment system runs from just aft of the gearshift or selector lever on the centre console to its finishing point between the front seats.

AFT also helps local and state affiliates lead the way in facilitating the kind of systemic reform described in Moving Your Numbers.

Contrary to what AFT claims, however, this is old news.

He led New Haven Federation of Teachers, funded by AFT Innovation Fund, to plan restorative practices implementation in New Haven public schools.

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Waterford Green Party candidates have received numerous endorsements from community organizations, including AFT Connecticut, United Auto Workers, NARAL CT, and the UConn Graduate Employee Union.

AFT represented many districts with declining enrollments, including Weingarten's own local in New York, down 4.9 percent.

At that time, Ms. Bernstein and Adam Urbanski (then UFT New York, now AFT vice president) formed a non-profit Teacher Union Reform Network «TURN» with a grant from the PEW charitable trust.

While a full - time member's dues money can be used to finance the $ 37.6 million that AFT spent on lobbying and other political activities in 2015, an agency fee payer's dues cover representational operation costs, which cost the union $ 73.8 million.

The problem came to a head in June 2002, when FEA was forced to dig into its own coffers to pay UTD's national dues, so that UTD delegates could be seated at the 2002 AFT Convention in Las Vegas.

and directed the men to take two of them on board, then stored them underneath the triangular seat formed by the pointed aft end of the boat.

Making Standards Matter, 2001 is the sixth in a series of AFT studies commenting on the progress of the standards movement.

In another refutation of the biased AFT poll, The Heritage Foundation's Lindsey Burke writes that «Unions Can't Ignore Support for Choice in Education.»

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She also announced a new AFT Innovation Fund grant for members who are dissatisfied with the standards or their implementation, and have a better solution to meet the needs of their students.

Particularly for AFT leaders, including Weingarten and Mulgrew (whose Progressive and Unity coalitions have controlled the union since the 1940s), keeping retiring Baby Boomers happy is especially key to their power.

Also in 2011, AFT worked hard to eviscerate a Parent Trigger law in Connecticut.

Having been on the defensive against school reformers for most of the past decade, NEA and AFT used their considerable coffers to subsidize organizations in exchange for support for their agenda.

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The 17 - member task force was chaired by former Citigroup chairman Richard Parsons and included AFT President Randi Weingarten, State University of New York President Nancy Zimpher, politicians and educators, including public school teacher Kishayna Hazlewood from PS 156 in Brownsville.

While AFT stops short of outright opposing the Common Core, Weingarten has said that that option is not off the table.

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«The National Board staff and board of directors wish to congratulate Mary Cathryn Ricker on her election as AFT executive vice president.

For starters, consider how the iA accommodates a wide range of drivers» physiques, including its 10 - inch fore - aft slide adjustment and the standard seat height adjuster, too.

The same AFT gave over $ 4 million to the successful «Yes on Prop. 30» campaign, which raised taxes on all Californians.