Topic: Membership

Democratic hopefuls address charter schools in debate, and now is a good time to push for more discussion on education issues

Publish Date: September 13, 2019

Democratic challengers for president took the debate stage yesterday in Houston and addressed a question about charter schools and other education issues like school discipline and teacher diversity. You can see comments from the candidates on the subject on Chalkbeat and in Education Week.   As part of AFT endorsement 2020 plan, we need to hear from you directly about the issues you want the candidates to talk about. Many of you have participated...

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A letter from Zeph Capo, President of Texas AFT

Publish Date: July 1, 2019

Dear AFT Brothers and Sisters, Today marks my first day as President of Texas AFT, and I wanted to send you a quick note. More than anything, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for trusting me to lead our organization over the next two years, representing thousands of teachers and support professionals. I firmly believe the people...

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Your Weekly Briefing

Publish Date: June 24, 2019

SBOE Uses Veto to Stop Controversial Royal “Public” Schools Charter Applicant The founder of controversial Harmony Public Schools, which is one of the largest charter school chains in Texas, recently applied to open several new charter schools in Austin and the Alief area of Houston by August 2020 under the name of Royal Public Schools. The Commissioner of Education approved...

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