[COVID-19\School Funding]
Weingarten: “Our nation is at a critical crossroad, and the decisions Congress and the president make in the next two weeks will be felt for generations to come.”
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Education Job Losses to Top 1.4 Million Without Urgent Federal Stimulus
Why Community Colleges Should Not Adopt “Opportunity America’s” Model
[Community Colleges\”Opportunity America”]
CUNY Professor: “I find this model absolutely devastating for people of color and community colleges have no business partnering with this organization if they actually want to continue to empower students and faculty of color.”
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Jamaal Bowman on “Incompetent” Trump’s Threat to Cut School Aid
[School Reopenings\COVID-19]
Bowman: “As Donald Trump aims his fire at school districts that won’t haphazardly reopen, we don’t have to keep accepting his failures as the best we can do. Just because he is too incompetent to lead, doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t.”
Photo: YouTube
Rep. Bobby Scott: ‘Moving Forward Act’ Critical for Educational Equity
[H.R. 2\Moving Forward Act]
Rep. Scott: “The Reopen and Rebuild America’s School Act provisions in the infrastructure package offer the solutions our schools need.”
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EDUCATION TECH COMPANY OFFERING FREE ONLINE SERVICES
[K12 Inc.\ Free Online Resources]
Nate Davis: “With schools closing their doors – potentially for months – K12 is committed to providing the support and tools that will enable students of all ages to continue to learn and grow.”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN: TRUMP’S 2021 BUDGET PROPOSAL CUTS HELP WEALTHY TO DETRIMENT OF WORKING AMERICANS
[Trump’s 2021 Budget]
AFT President Weingarten: “In his State of the Union address last week, Trump preached a litany of lies, claiming his agenda was pro-worker, pro-family, pro-growth and, most of all, pro-American. Yet, just one week later, he’s unveiled a budget that cuts billions of dollars from all the programs that would advance such goals.”
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AFT CALLS VIRGINIA HOUSE PASSAGE OF PUBLIC SERVANTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BILL“HISTORIC”
[Collective Bargaining\ AFT\Randi Weingarten]
AFT’S Weingarten: “Today is historic. Public employees across the commonwealth will finally have a voice at work, and the ability to come together and bargain collectively for the things that actually make a difference in their lives and the lives of the people they serve.”
Photo: AFT