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Listen Live to AAE/NWPE: August 22-26
posted by: Alix | August 22, 2011, 01:28 pm   


Listen Live to AAE/ NWPE
August 22- 26, 2011

 
Public Beginning to See Teachers and Unions Separately
posted by: Cindy Omlin | August 18, 2011, 12:02 pm   

A major reason why I began working for the "professional educator association" movement was because, as a classroom teacher, I was frustrated by the fact that the public often perceives teachers as a narrow-minded group of professionals that all hold the same, union-influenced opinion when it comes to education policy. AAE knows better, and that is one reason this organization is so valuable. AAE proved that teachers are, in fact, a diverse group of professionals that have a wide variety of intelligent opinions about what the future of education should look like.
 
Calm Down the Classroom Walls
posted by: Cindy Omlin | August 17, 2011, 09:07 am   


With the beginning of the school year just weeks or days away, many teachers will be returning early to set up their bulletin boards and classrooms. That is an exciting time—except that there's so much stuff to put up. In addition to organizing the room and making it inviting, teachers must put all the required teacher-made pieces in place, lest an omission be noted in a walkthrough observation.

 
Wisconsin NEA Affiliate In the National Spotlight
posted by: Cindy Omlin | August 16, 2011, 03:40 pm   

Since the labor battle erupted in Wisconsin in February, the state has been considered ground zero for the sweeping education and labor reform legislation debated nationwide. With new revelations from political spending watchdog groups and the state's NEA affiliate themselves, the Wisconsin Education Association Council is once again making national headlines for its fall from a onetime lobbying powerhouse to incurring massive layoffs.
 
Unions Already Boycotting 2012 DNC Convention
posted by: Cindy Omlin | August 15, 2011, 11:25 am   

The Democratic National Committee's decision to hold their 2012 convention in Charlotte, North Carolina has stirred up criticism from dozens of trade unions over North Carolina's "anti-union" climate. As a right-to-work state, workers in North Carolina are not required to join a union as a condition of employment. As such, union power is severely curtailed when worker choice prevents amassing millions in revenue from forced dues. Compounded by the President's ailing popularity in the face of a severe economic crisis, the traditionally left-leaning labor unions are fleeing en masse over the decision to hold the convention in a state that isn't considered a union stronghold.
 
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