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2002 - 2003
June 18, 2003
On the Cover
- Miss America exposes Wal-Mart
- Union Work
- TRS: Getting the pension credit our members deserve
- Gatto named Teacher of the Year
- NYSUT makes plans for a busy summer
- SED seeks special ed teacher input
- Solidarity briefs
- Unions fighting to protect overtime rights
- Retired phys ed teacher trained the original Navy SEALs
- A record-setting vote for the future
- Team NYSUT is in the race
- Rochester union program to provide NCLB tutoring
- Rigney co-chairs retiree group
- NYSUT publications win top honors
- President's Perspective
- Stop the Medicare prescription drug plan steamroller
- Poll finds overwhelming support for public ed
- A better way to staff hospital pharmacies
- Examining education angle on nurse shortage
- BOCES leader gets special recognition
- Newburgh TA demands answers after savage attack
- Mentors ease first-time teaching jitters
- Teachers calculate problems with grade 8 math test
- Medicine men mentor nursing students
- Letters to the editor
- Proposed state regs could jeopardize jobs of veteran educational interpreters
- Savor a great summer! Watch Web site for NYSUT updates
- Freebies
- A test of values
- Corning project in doubt
- Local unions strive for unity to achieve contracts
- Unionists carry message to Albany
- Chemical society to hold workshop
- Ovarian cancer walks slated for September
- Budget 101: A timely lesson
June 4, 2003
On the Cover
- Wallkill TA dials up budget support
- UFT fights for reinstatement of paraprofessionals
- TRS: How much do you know about death benefits?
- Test scores show progress, causes for concern
- Survey helps district examine student problems
- Enrollment swells at union-aided school
- Districts crunch numbers in override aftermath
- Restoration offers Rockland CC some reprieve
- NYS library sponsors summer reading program
- President's Perspective: Time for a moratorium on new charters
- POINT OF VIEW: 'What's wrong with him?'
- Teachers eye relativity of physics exams
- Making better schools in Nicaragua
- A glimpse of the lives of Mexican factory workers
- Letters to the editor
- How kids learn best
- Taking the long view of campus security
- Education nestles in the nurse's office
- Where the classroom intersects with the bioterrorism threat
- Retired math teacher is co-owner of Funny Cide
- Freebies
- Union calls for charter moratorium
- Save these dates to make strides against breast cancer
- Artists and teachers work together for NYC students
May 21, 2003
On the Cover
- A woman's place is in her union
- Wilson TA does good deeds on the home front
- SUNY prof, math teacher team up to multiply 'yes' votes
- Union Work
- TRS: Questions about death, taxes and early retirement incentives
- Union program helps teaching assistants
- SRP sisters show support for public education
- Union promotes June 3 voting
- Retirees turn out, roar for public ed
- Retired teacher is Ms. Puerto Rico Senior America
- PS21 coalition launches print ad campaign
- President's Perspective: Our legislators did the right thing
- POINT OF VIEW: A poet crunches data
- NYSUT receives education award
- NYC spotlight: Spring Education Conference
- Advocating for a healthier NY
- Sayville nurtures emerging leaders
- Mentor program aid
- McCall co-chairs Higher Education Conference Board
- Support for education funding shines through
- Letters to the editor
- Community outreach links leaders in union's Local Action Project
- Labor center disseminates teacher resources
- Screen scene means violence and obesity
- Activists seek equity for treatment of the mind
- Freebies
- Union is community lifeblood
- Ruling halts Corning building plan
- Bush's war at home
- Regents stall LI charter school
- Blazing a path to citizenship
- Taking the high road to school-funding equity
- Deadline arises for uncertified teachers
- Historic override is great news for public ed and health care
May 7, 2003
On the Cover
- Remembering colleagues who died on the job
- How to talk with children about war
- TRS: What is the formula for Final Average Salary?
- Legislative budget restores school aid
- Union helps paras reach new certification standards
- New York special ed rate remains above average
- Al Shanker inducted into labor hall of fame
- Legislature overrides governor to postpone school budget vote
- Sneak attack takes 56 jobs at Rockland CC
- NYS retiree alliance receives national charter
- Regents analyze need for academic 'safety net'
- President's Perspective: We brought thunder to Albany
- Secretaries get update on bad-news budget
- NYSUT, UFT call for action at middle level
- Making the May 3 march magnificent
- Vast coalition ensured march's success
- Record-setting rally rocks Albany
- Letters to the editor
- Call for inservice presenters
- State clarifies IEP access rules
- High anxiety about higher education cuts
- Colleague needs bone marrow transplant
- Tearing up prescriptions for health care disaster
- Workers' perspective voiced for health care
- Long trek for farmworkers
- BOCES activists seek legislative support
April 23, 2003
On the Cover
- On April 28, remember workers killed on the job
- RA honors Wood
- Volunteers live the golden rule
- Retiree helps United Way
- Union grows - so does efficiency of service
- Teacher of the Year lives American dream
- Delegates: 'Let's go, Orange!'
- Sweeney: Energize and organize
- Shriver gets Shanker award
- Lessons can make a difference
- Searles soars to head of the class
- Schumer thanks union
- Schalmont fights for teacher center
- College targets all untenured faculty
- Retiree power potential grows
- Delegates underline NYSUT priorities, develop strategies to restore state aid in governor's budget
- Prepping presidents for fiscal crises
- Unions collaborate to organize college staff
- Mills makes spirited defense of academic upgrades for all
- Hearing on mid-level education
- McElroy: Unions built for tough times
- 'My school really needs help'
- Upstate and down, these cuts hurt students
- Lubin calls for all to march on May 3
- Fugle, Matousek receive outstanding leadership award
- Kerry makes case for expansion of pre-kindergarten
- UFTer always believed in unions for working people
- NYSUT honors the best writing, layout in union newsletters
- Jordan: Schools need holistic approach
- Hughes: Stay the union course
- Hobart calls on members to champion children, carry union message
- Feldman: Public schools keep democracy strong
- Yonkers leader helped NYSUT gel
- Dunn calls for charter school moratorium
- Don't Fail Us Now: 20,000 education jobs are in jeopardy
- Sudden collapse, amazing rescue
- Dean touts his education record as Vermont governor
- Urgent postcards for CUNY
- Aide inspires confidence, smiles
- Citing union successes, Cortese says: Kids need our support now
- RA nominates Corn for re-election
- Sen. Clinton scorns administration's agenda against public schools
- Three new members elected: Delegates honor retiring Board members
- Raising AIDS awareness
- AFT requires local unions to file audits every two years
- Television ads proudly carry the union label
April 9, 2003
On the Cover
- Union workshops target curriculum areas
- A woman's place is in her union
- Union members support organizing at Wal-Mart
- VESID smooths teacher's path to the classroom
- Union puts answers a call away
- Making history
- War heightens vaccination program awareness
- President's Perspective: Time to talk a little truth about unions
- Diary of a rookie grass-roots lobbyist
- A senatorial 'show and tell'
- 'Why I'm marching May 3'
- Letters to the editor
- Faculty union activists take to the streets
- Freebies
- Tough questions addressed at civil rights training
- Regents delay LI charter school expansion
- Union keeps pressure on - 19,000 and counting
- UFT delegation is strong voice on NYSUT Board
March 26, 2003
On the Cover
- A woman's place is in her union
- The united way
- Why we do not seek retroactive benefits
- It's all about training
- Mills sticks up for teaching assistants
- A massive day of teaching
- Proud to showcase good teaching
- Newark Valley local pushes for traffic safety
- Unionists unite against threat to labor laws
- Trauma detection training begins this week
- Preparing to make NYSUT policy at RA
- President's Perspective: Our message resonates in the Well
- Point of View: Whose standards are they? It's time to answer
- Newark Valley local pushes for traffic safety
- Staffing bill introduced
- Noteworthy
- Certification assistance a boon to new members
- May 3 march sparks a run on buses
- Letters to the editor
- Activists fast for justice for farm workers
- 'I think it will fly, Orville'
- Faculty union steps up community activism
- Freebies
- Grow a tree in the schoolyard
- SUNY Cortland joins coalition
- Coalition opposes Pataki's proposed budget slashes
- Pearls teach valuable lessons in character in Sidney schools
- Certification narrowness discourages candidates
- College cuts spell institutionalized chaos
- 'These cuts just cannot stand'
- Music returns to Broadway
- Ads amplify union message
March 12, 2003
On the Cover
- YOUR UNION MENTOR
- A woman's place is in her union
- Will there be another 55/25 retirement incentive?
- Teachers find their way home
- Focusing on best practice
- Airline legislation would hamstring workers
- March 330 miles for farm-worker justice
- Footlights shine on Syracuse
- Fiscal talk with Hevesi
- The brain's role in behavior
- President's Perspective: Call to action on the education budget
- POINT OF VIEW: The state of Woebegone
- Physics program tied to standards
- Getting organized at Syracuse academy
- Nursing paradox vexes CC leaders
- Draft policy looks at middle school structure
- Massive march set for May 3
- Lessons in listening
- Letters to the editor
- Legislators hear higher education activists
- Classroom health is nothing to sneeze at
- Freebies
- State rolls out new tests to delineate ESL profiles
- English teachers gather in NYC
- Making connections
- Character ed conference set for March 25-26
- Caucus argues for budget justice
- 'Unthinkable cuts, dire consequences'
- Union and district help teacher cope with ALS
February 26, 2003
On the Cover
- Benefit enhancement law helps members of all tiers
- Conference illuminates standards
- School Related Professionals: Looking into nuances of school security
- State postpones social studies retesting
- Federal dollars fund slick TV ads to push charter school 'choice'
- President's Perspective: Fasting to replace greed with justice
- Organizing: More workers look to NYSUT's strength
- Educators build (Brooklyn) bridge to lawmakers
- Intensive care
- Save the date: May 3
- Bills target mandatory OT for nurses
- Letters to the editor
- Fast focuses on injustice
- You do the math on IEP access
- Threatened EPIC prescription program is a boon to seniors
- Take a step beyond Judge Judy
- A closer look at 'Plan Colombia'
- Commissioner joins union in budget fight
- Higher education solutions sought
- Health care cuts are dangerous, union warns
- The Committee of 100 springs into action
- Union leaders blast a bad budget
February 12, 2003
On the Cover
- Union work
- UFT officials shout about state budget
- Questions about military service
- Standards conference set for March 6-7
- Special ed changes likely to decrease average test scores
- Solidarity news
- Union offers free help for family, elder care concerns
- New law eliminates retirement filing notice
- Military reservists need to know their rights
- President's Perspective: This devastating budget cannot stand
- NYC, Albany lawsuit pushes parental choice
- Noteworthy
- Number of low-performing schools drops
- Letters to the editor
- Kinsella leads field, legal services
- Homework Hotline helping more kids
- Ironies abound in higher education cuts
- Solidarity rally boosts higher ed members
- Defusing a confrontation
- Freebies
- FOCUS ON E.R.S. - Help for tax-paying ERS members
- Point of View: A plan that would leave countless children behind
- Pataki plan guts health care, education at many levels
- In New York state, space studies must go on
January 29, 2003
On the Cover
- YOUR UNION MENTOR
- Helping to build a new kind of union
- Watervliet unions help fire victims
- Can I borrow from my retirement fund?
- No-sweat campuses
- SRP: Let the light of learning shine
- Solidarity briefs
- Retiree scholarship is 'professional' indeed
- Rainbow Project celebrates its first graduate
- President's Perspective: Unity important during budget fight
- Union offers ideas on controlling drug costs
- Union advocates for Perkins voc ed funds
- High school students get chance to 'serve' on City Council
- Noteworthy
- In memoriam
- Letters to the editor
- Legislative committee leaders shuffled
- What you need to know about new IEP regulations
- A revolutionary way to learn living history
- Freebies
- Bake sales won't do it
- Special Meeting - Election District 23
- State's fiscal picture worsens
- ON THE BOARD: Stacey Caruso-Sharpe
January 15, 2003
On the Cover
- A woman's place is in the union
- Watertown local answers the bell for the needy
- UFT members join broadcasts on American history
- Digging deeper into the TRS e-mailbag
- No generation gap in this teaching family
- Assemblyman 'walked the walk'
- Would you like to evaluate a student in 12 pages?
- Pataki address warns of tough times ahead
- Spanish students 'catch on'
- Protecting staff who administer smallpox inoculations
- Plan would add four retiree seats to Board
- Coalition protects retiree benefits
- Regents call for $516 million state aid increase
- Psychologists gain scope-of-practice law
- President's Perspective: Kudos for climbing 'Mount Everest'
- Unearthing union history, and looking to the future
- NYSUT honored for its growth
- Nurses support student success
- Regs leave contract protections in place
- Teaching's 'gold standard'
- Carnegie foundation honors Mohawk Valley prof
- McAuliffe fellowship helps to bring students together
- Malverne takes aim at drug abuse
- Librarians cope with Internet filters
- Letters to the editor
- Looking for info on insurer lawsuit
- History contest hones student research skills
- SUNY board fails to make budget pitch
- Seeking Health Care Professional of the Year
- Building NYSUT's capacity to serve
- Half Hollow Hills mourns strong union leader
- HIGHER ED: Setting the GOLD standard for college leaders
- Fulton TA honors a century of retirees
- Freebies
- Making tough choices
- FOCUS ON E.R.S. - New laws impact employees' retirement
- A young life saved by a school defibrillator
- A heartfelt gift
- Faculty wary of corporate influence on databases
- CUNY remediation restrictions extended
- Cyberspace charter rejected; 10 others OK'd
- CHANGE-NY closes
- ON THE BOARD: DeLutro and Conetta
- A quiz for Black History Month
December 4, 2002
On the Cover
- YOUR UNION MENTOR
- YOUR TRS PENSION: From death (benefits) to taxes: questions you shouldn't avoid
- SRP: Porter scholarships propel NYSUT members
- Union members to Wal-Mart: Respect workers
- Words of wisdom live on
- Continuing Al Shanker's legacy
- President's Perspective: Providing the information you need
- NYC children sing their hearts out
- Letter from miles away sparks hope
- Union salutes nationally certified teachers
- Taking locals in new directions
- Letter to the editor: Counselors collaborate on win-win career conference
- Data, standards drive inservice effort
- Concentrating all their faculties
- Defibrillator saves a life as law takes effect
- Union sues health-care provider on behalf of members
November 20, 2002
On the Cover
- Union work
- YOUR TRS PENSION: Can I name this cat as my pension beneficiary?
- Technology educators face another threat
- SRP: Knowing how to make a classroom come alive
- SOLIDARITY
- Former UFTer collects messages of hope and rebuilding for NYC
- NATURE'S LESSONS: Budding scientists grow with rooftop garden
- NATURE'S LESSONS: Science teacher explores new terrain replete with turtles, herons and muskrats
- President's Perspective: Time to batten down the hatches
- Veteran BOCES leader lauds activism as part of NYSUT
- PERB extends union representation right
- Gov. vetoes pension credit during child care leave
- Nurse-patient ratios affect patient mortality
- NYSUT welcomes new affiliates
- Nelson named NYSUT director of legislation
- Letters to the editor
- Brooklyn beauty
- Watchdog group safeguards professionals' rights
- President prescribes more affordable medicine
- Freebies
- SUNY prof: Respect comes from knowledge
- Online charter school makes second bid
- Student-run cafe offers serendipity
- State debates ways to close budget deficit
- Union makes great strides in fighting breast cancer
- BOCES leaders address fiscal concerns
- NYSUT supports AFL-CIO day of action
November 6, 2002
On the Cover
- Make sure you vote on Nov. 5
- Veterans Day project flies high
- YOUR TRS PENSION: Straight talk on prior service
- SRP leaders prepare for new challenges
- Soldier's letters spur learning on Long Island
- Ties that bind at Rensselaer local union
- President's Perspective: Making Strides for a great cause
- Phone bank volunteers stoke political discourse
- Big Apple presence in the snowy Adirondacks
- Civic responsibility at a young age
- Face to face
- Channeling homework help to more kids
- Union consolidates efforts for health-care workers
- Teacher critiques state survey on ELA
- A place to learn
- Making strides in battle to beat breast cancer
October 23, 2002
On the Cover
- Grant to fund vague 'choice options'
- School-Related Professionals: Get the latest on Title I regulation changes
- A double play for Special Olympics
- Ailments persist at schools near WTC site
- Safety is top concern of union
- Union, district collaborate on the new Rome Free Academy
- POINT OF VIEW
- A union win for nurses in Burlington, Vermont
- NOTEWORTHY
- Welcome to a great profession
- New teachers get tips through union training
- In memoriam
- Turnaround in math
- Letters to the editor
- Historical documents available for classes
- Funding for healthier schools is goal of senator and union
- Loan fund lends vibrancy to agencies, small businesses
- Border issues
- BRIEFS
- Teacher keeps young patients' minds healthy
- Seeking 'time-lapse' view of student progress
October 9, 2002
On the Cover
- Vote November 5
- VESID keeps educator's dreams on track
- NYSUT sets pace for United Way campaign
- UNION WORK
- SED Web curriculum project progresses
- 'Experts' give on-the-job training
- Solidarity: bursting with union pride
- Money diverted from Social Security fund
- Enhancing the role of retirees in the union
- President's Perspective: Perfect Storm budget crisis looms
- Squelched by blueberries
- Taking it from the streets
- The ribbon project
- Letters to the editor
- Labor on the march
- Governor signs labor neutrality law
- Eyes on the pies
- Educators - save those receipts!
- Looking for top Internet educator
- Building better classroom practice for lasting school improvements
- Higher ed: seeking guarantees from next governor
- A look at the politics of government Web-site purging
- Goddard concentrates on the future of the union
- Freebies
- Fire department calls 911
- A COLA increase? The check's in the mail
- Join NYSUT in the fight against breast cancer
- Teaching and cancer
September 25, 2002
On the Cover
- YOUR UNION MENTOR
- Union, Yankees turn radio double play
- Union fights new push to divert public school funds
- New teachers - What you need to know about TRS
- State forbids 'drop-back-in' contract
- A cool breeze of learning blows through
- AFL-CIO: Pay laid-off WorldCom workers
- Curriculum spotlights heroes of American labor movement
- Do and Don't Buy updates
- Poll finds Americans more open to unions
- Live on the BBC: Hudson Valley union leader
- The creative touch that heals
- 'Wing of Heroes' takes flight at Northport High
- Firefighter/adjunct prof honored for bravery
- Students and educators are in the equation
- Advances please Roosevelt TA
- Rochester parade draws generations
- President's Perspective
- Lawsuit to curb drug monopolies
- Growing the union
- NYC local develops K-12 reading curriculum
- Law could make way for 'back-door vouchers'
- Patricia Damato remembers when tenure hung in the balance
- Institute covers role of media in democracy
- Average math scores rise
- Leadership lessons take hold in locals
- A meander down memory lane for retiring teacher
- Conference promises treats
- Feeling the earth move... sweetly
- Freebies
- A sense of security
- Former Chordette harmonized in the classroom
- WALK THE WALK: Support 'Making Strides Against Breast Cancer'
- Breast cancer makes Brewster SRP 'try new things'
- Survivors ask each other, 'How long?'
- Notice of vacancy: NYSUT At-Large Directors
- Walks for autism Sept. 28-29
September 11, 2002
On the Cover
- UNION WORK
- YOUR TRS PENSION: Union wins new laws to improve TRS pensions
- Competing in a special way
- Regents eye Special Act school funding change
- Tips for dealing with the 9-11 anniversary effect
- Psychologists say need for help remains strong
- PBS program helps students cope
- Every penny of NYSUT's 9-11 fund ($500,000 in all) has gone to those in need
- The lessons of 9-11
- New year brings fresh challenges
- Union seeks remedy for prescription drug costs
- Scrutinizing a tough physics test
- Fresh start for NYC teachers
- Nauman tapped for retirees alliance
- 'Hike-a-thon' supports mental health in New York schools
- Letters to the editor
- Capitol gains: even in a tough year, several union-backed initiatives succeed
- In the courts
- Conference looks to strengthen teaching
- History education conference slated for Oct. 4-5
- Faculty union taps students for scholarships
- Freebies
- FOCUS ON E.R.S. - Keep up-to-date on benefits
- Fourth-grade ELA scores rise
- Union pact a good starting point for charter teachers
- A tale of two misguided charter schools
- SED revamps web site
- New York Teacher founder dies
