http://www.nysut.org Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:13:27 EST Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:13:27 EST 60 en-us http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13924.htm 059395D4009849878B8EF27BDD4AF6D6 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:38 EST 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 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 http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13914.htm Union members who buy cars made by other union members know those workers "on the line" have decent pay, benefits and a voice on the job.

]]> CF00BCE2BA044513BDF7DE01CE43A42C Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:19 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13846.htm Martha Bilsback, a teacher at Myers Corners School in Dutchess County, was one of several Wappingers Congress of Teachers members who turned Halloween into a teachable moment with free samples of Fair Trade chocolate and a lesson about poverty and child labor problems in the mainstream chocolate industry.

]]> 510C013760F54355B1AF3A57E9F2064F Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:31:25 EST 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.

]]> 8A46BB6E78DB4258B92803C3E4F7C038 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:44:23 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_13860.htm New York State United Teachers today called on the state Senate to pass "socially conscious" legislation when it returns to Albany next week.

]]> 1A91AD450B324C9B8BF620814EFBD2B8 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:55:23 EST 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 http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13841.htm AD559242E93A4DDFA584FF21F6044CC6 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:19:42 EST http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13856.htm 82FF6A4EA7884A05957AE23597D76264 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:47:47 EST