Stand for Children Ballot Question

An outside group funded by corporate donors wants Massachusetts voters to approve a controversial ballot question that would gut workplace protections for teachers. Get the facts about Stand for Children’s ballot question here.

AFTMA News

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  • For-Profit Charter Threatens Progress in Lowell Just five months ago Governor Deval Patrick came to the Murkland School in Lowell to celebrate huge gains on the MCAS tests by students there. This week administration officials gave the nod to a for-profit charter school in Lowell that will compete with the Murkland for scarce resources.
  • Standing Up for Children Every Day In November, Massachusetts residents will be asked to vote on a ballot question backed by a group called, deceptively, Stand for Children. But critics of the organization, which is funded by corporate foundations and has deep ties to Bain Capital, say a more accurate name might be Stand Against Teachers.
  • AFT MA Endorses Elizabeth Warren AFT Massachusetts, which represents over 22,000 teachers, librarians, nurses, custodians and college faculty, has endorsed Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. "Elizabeth Warren promises to be a strong voice for education in Washington," said Thomas Gosnell, president of AFT Massachusetts.
  • Diary of a New Teacher Matt Robinson, an ELA and journalism teacher at the Burke High School in Boston, says that he is learning to juggle the needs of his students, the demands of a “turnaround” school and the requirements of his graduate studies.
  • Educational Issues Conference Save the date! The AFT Massachusetts Education/Legislative Issues Conference is Saturday, March 24th.
  • In Pittsfield, Turning a Corner The 500 members of the Pittsfield Federation of School Employees wear their residency in this long-struggling city as a badge of honor. Unlike so many of the city’s former inhabitants, the PFSE members have chosen to stay.
  • February Advocate Out Now The February edition of the AFT Massachusetts Advocate is now available. In this issue: a look at some of the changes and challenges that will affect educators and other public sector employees in the year ahead.
  • Hub Teachers Rally for Contract Hundreds of Boston educators gathered outside of school department headquarters on a frigid winter evening to send officials a message: 'Talk to Teachers.' The educators have been without a contract for nearly two years.
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