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Leading Education Organizations Highlight Importance of Technology and Connectivity for Learning

When supported by reliable, high-capacity broadband, school technology enables educators to leverage digital tools and rich content to differentiate instruction, assess student understanding, and create opportunities for small-group and individualized learning.

Honoring Dr. King -- Staying Focused on Our Children and the Future of Public Education

Dr. King believed deeply in collective action and in the power of organized labor to strengthen democracy.

“Think Globally, Act Locally”: Benjamin Mosley’s Path to School Leadership

“I love building leaders, love to be part of a school that cultivates talent. My doctoral dissertation was about cultivating principal effectiveness and outcomes.”

Register: Social/Emotional Support Professional Development Webinar

There is a big social and emotional toll the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our school communities.

Union Workers Held Jobs More During Pandemic

Workers able to act collectively and bargain through their union, have been able to secure enhanced safety measures.

AFSA Joins Effort on Hill for State and Local Relief

AFSA joined other education,  labor and social justice organizations asking Congress to help communities around the country.

In a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer the groups wrote:

Biden, AFL-CIO Labor Law Agendas Track Each Other

Go to incoming Democratic President Joe Biden’s “Building Back Better” agenda on his website and read through it. The word “union,” the phrase “right to organize” and especially the word “worker” run through it like a constant thread.

No wonder AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, in a Jan. 12 telephone press conference, considered Biden the most pro-worker president in decades. “And in one week and one day, Joe Biden will be inaugurated and we’re ready to work with him.”

AFL-CIO Workers First Agenda for 2021

We urge the Biden administration and Congress to seize this opportunity to transform the lives of working people through bold, structural change.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Biden's Choice for U.S. Secretary of Labor

Mayor Marty Walsh understands the important role that unions play in America, and he knows firsthand that unions represent the voice of people who make this nation run.