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QuEST 2009 Highlights
Highlights from the recently concluded 2009 AFT QuEST conference in Washington, D.C., included AFT president Randi Weingarten's keynote address, a town hall meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, a panel on community schools and remarks from U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Daily updates from the conference, as well as video highlights, can be found on the AFT's QuEST 2009 Web site.
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 On June 22, President Obama announced a nationwide service initiative, United We Serve, which is the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans. |
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If you need assistance with a membership update or help with one of our membership programs, please let us know by contacting SASDesk@aft.org or phone 1/800/238-1133, ext. 4504. We are here and happy to assist you! Another reminder will be sent to you at the end of the summer and again prior to our actual mailing. Thank you and have a wonderful summer! |
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A May 5 webinar put out the welcome mat to AFT affiliates and urged them to turn their biggest dreams into action by applying for grants under the union's new Innovation Fund. This $2.8 million joint venture is designed to put the resources of some the nation's largest foundations behind "bottom-up" approaches developed by teachers and the unions that support them—and, in doing so, to underscore how the best ideas in education begin with frontline buy-in. |
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The AFT marked Worthy Wage Day, held each year on May 1, with a variety of activities to recognize and honor the hard work of early childhood educators and staff, and to draw attention to their low wages and minimal benefits. |
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State And National Dues Increases Go Into Effect September 1, 2008
AFT and AFT-Missouri have both passed dues increases in July. Please see the AFT Missouri Dues Structure inside the Join AFT-Missouri tab to the left in order to see the new rates. If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800 238-1133. |
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released the state MAP scores on August 17, 2007. Click here to view the DESE news release of the results of 2006-07.
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In a historic decision on May 29, the Missouri Supreme Court gave public employees, including teachers, the right to bargain collectively with employers.
The ruling supports Article 1, Section 29 in the Missouri Constitution, which provides “That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.”
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The American Federation of Teachers has just released a report, titled "The 'Faculty Bias' Studies: Science or Propaganda?" which examines eight "studies" that purport to demonstrate how the political beliefs of faculty are disproportionately liberal and influence what is taught, learned and professed on college campuses. The report concludes that these studies are severely flawed in their methodology, and make sweeping assumptions that invalidate the "findings."
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In the March 22nd meeting of the Missouri State Board of Education, the St Louis School District was stripped of its accreditation. The hard-working teachers, staff and students of the district were present to hear the decision.
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Mold, extreme temperatures, overcrowding, poor air quality, vermin infestation and other deplorable conditions in too many public schools throughout the United States must be addressed immediately as a top educational priority, the American Federation of Teachers concludes in a report released December 4, 2006. Click here to watch an important video.
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Contact AFT Missouri
AFT Missouri
423 E. High Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 T: 573/635-0073 F: 573/634-5059 800/324-2623 toll free E: info@aftmissouri.org W: www.aftmissouri.org |
