Topic: Take Action

It’s Teacher Appreciation Day: Pledge to support teachers and public schools

Publish Date: May 8, 2018

Thanks to all our members who are teachers and school employees for all your hard work, perseverance and passion. AFT President Randi Weingarten also had a message for the nation at large on this special day: When it comes to appreciating educators, please heed an old expression: Walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk. Educators go into our profession...

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Most districts fare well in local bond elections, while one key school board remains undecided

Publish Date: May 7, 2018

School district bond elections were mostly successful in Saturday's local elections, with 40 of the 50 measures on the ballot passing. Meanwhile, one key race for Dallas ISD's School Board remains undecided and headed to a runoff.  Members of our local affiliate--Alliance AFT--worked for the re-election of incumbent Bernadette Nutall with thousands of phone calls and door knocks in Dallas...

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Election Day tomorrow includes school board races and bonds measures

Publish Date: May 4, 2018

Local elections will be held tomorrow, May 5, across the state for cities, counties, school districts and other local government bodies. Consult your local school district’s website for more information on races and candidates. You also can find a list of local school board elections here: https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_school_board_elections,_2018. If you do have a school board election for your district, and you are...

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Teachers rallying for better pay and adequate funding of schools draw public support

Publish Date: April 25, 2018

Thousands of teachers in Arizona and Colorado are rallying Thursday at their state capitols for more education funding. The Arizona American Federation of Teachers released a realistic plan to restore the more than $1.5 billion in education funding cuts since 2008 and create a continuous revenue stream for funding public schools and much-needed pay raises for teachers and other school...

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Students rally against gun violence on campus

Publish Date: April 20, 2018

Thousands of students across Texas and the nation rallied against gun violence in schools and called for stricter enforcement of gun-safety laws on Friday in commemoration of the students who lost their lives in the Columbine High School school shootings 19 years ago. The American Federation of Teachers joined student, education, and gun-safety groups in actions around the country as...

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Voter registration—deadline April 5 for May 5 elections

Publish Date: April 2, 2018

Quite a number of school districts will hold elections for board trustees or bond elections on May 5. The deadline for registering to vote in these May 5 elections is April 5. For more information, see https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/index.html.

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Texas AFT Support Professionals Conference 2018

Publish Date: March 28, 2018

Our Role = Power! Texas AFT, in conjunction with our state federation’s Support Professionals Committee and Leadership Development Committee, will host a conference on April 27 and 28 in Houston. Our conference will feature workshops designed to give support professionals ideas and tools on how to implement campaigns to build power. Participants will be part of a day and a...

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A record turnout for early voting in Texas: Add to the count on Election Day tomorrow!

Publish Date: March 5, 2018

No matter what your political party of preference is, it's always good to see more Texans participating in primary elections, which traditionally have horrendously low turnouts in years without a presidential race. So we're happy to report that the previous turnout record has been smashed by a huge margin. Our hope is that educators--who traditionally vote in higher percentages than...

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