"Higher Education." NYSUT. A Union of Professionals. http://www.nysut.org Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:41 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:41 EST 60 en-us Leadership Institute graduates say program strengthened life skills http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13921.htm Hundreds of Leadership Institute graduates have been elected to higher offices in their local unions, in labor councils and other union endeavors.

]]> 1679D41595084CF381E137AD98604E79 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:38 EST Locals in Action: Parents celebrate union-won leave http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13924.htm 059395D4009849878B8EF27BDD4AF6D6 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:38 EST The high cost of budget cuts http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13946.htm With many families across the state already struggling through the recession, state budget cuts to higher education could add yet another unexpected cost.

]]> 11AB16A92F8943A9AED3FB07AB2058A9 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:31 EST Community colleges take charge of new challenges http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13943.htm Community colleges are in the national spotlight in a way they've never been before, and with that attention come new challenges.

]]> 21760133910C47AE904641FC1A666183 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:54 EST First Person: Obama brings community to our community college http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13927.htm Out of the blue, on Thursday, came the announcement that President Obama would visit our campus the following Monday. 

]]> 957B6A5EBCB54B609114966C94C5D292 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:50 EST President's Perspective: Budget politics, promising programs affect quality http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13947.htm President Obama gets it. Earlier this month, he said: "There is nothing that will determine the quality of our future as a nation or the lives of our children more than the kind of education we provide them."

]]> 8AD0C0D3BC46485E89EE3893A003E720 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:53 EST When hostage crisis hit, safety plan worked http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13923.htm A parent, whose children had attended the Pine Plains schools in Dutchess County, took the high school principal hostage early on a Tuesday morning in November moments after assembling a shotgun in the school bathroom.

]]> F86DFACC5B5645CFA4C38AD36A367CEE Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:27 EST Parents, educators protest damaging cuts http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/k12_13861.htm A coalition of parents, union members, citizens and education advocates joined forces in Albany recently, calling on lawmakers to reject Gov. Paterson’s devastating proposed midyear cuts to education and health care.

]]> 59D945CD8C5843E6AD476FCB17F1C9E0 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:09:52 EST President's Perspective: Reflecting on the state of our professions http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13854.htm I'm one who believes that every so often you need to stop and assess where you are — call it reflecting or taking stock — this seems like the right time to do it for me.

]]> 2EB82ADB553742818E6F8EACBF9FA799 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:41:12 EST Schools: We're already hurting http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13851.htm With school districts across the state reporting a loss of more than 6,000 positions since last year, educators say there is no more fat to cut.

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