Let’s be role models for how we deal with conflicts and disagreement. During the pandemic, we met via Zoom with parent groups that often disagreed with us on safety measures and school closures. We heard each other out and talked things through. We need more of that in America. #WhatKidsNeed aft.org/defense-public-educa…

These four strategies are expanding community schools, scaling experiential learning, addressing staff shortages, and deepening the partnerships between families and educators. #WhatKidsNeed aft.org/defense-public-educa…

The stresses of the COVID-19 era—plus the culture wars, attacks on teachers, inadequate pay, poor teaching and learning conditions, and the threat of school shootings—have made recent years the toughest in modern times for educators. #WhatKidsNeed aft.org/defense-public-educa…

Voucher programs are proliferating even though research shows that, on average, vouchers negatively affect achievement—the declines are worse than pandemic learning loss. In fact, vouchers have caused “some of the largest academic drops ever measured in the research record. #WhatKidsNeed aft.org/defense-public-educa…

In good times and bad, public schools are cornerstones of community, of our democracy, our economy and our nation. But some people want that cornerstone to crumble—and they’re wielding the sledgehammers. #WhatKidsNeed aft.org/defense-public-educa…

I'm about to give a major speech at the National Press Club: In Defense of Public Education. Watch it live at 9 am. #WhatKidsNeed aft.org/defense-public-educa…

Live Now: I'm giving a speech at the National Press Club: In Defense of Public Education. #WhatKidsNeed aft.org/defense-public-educa…

Hey Ted Cruz , why not a little respect for hardworking baristas at a Starbucks at Houston or hardworking educators of Houston. Why not support them as I try to do, instead of your litany of name calling. @TexasAFT @SBWorkersUnited