The Latest Breaking News from Randi Weingarten

The Stolen Year acknowledges public school COVID failures but refuses to hold anyone responsible.

"There's a new special interest group in town: parents."

Liz Shuler, the federation’s president, announces effort to increase membership by 1m but some say they ‘have to aim much higher’

For actual victims of child sex abuse, using "pedophile" or "groomer" as a slur hurts their ability to get justice

"Book bans are about limiting kids' freedom to read and teachers' freedom to teach"

Americans are deeply divided over how much children in K-12 schools should be taught about racism and sexuality

Labor leaders view this year’s elections – and 2024’s – with special urgency, as a goal-line stand to preserve America’s democracy

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors (AAUP) president Irene Mulvey met with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on March 21 about a proposed bill that would expand public-sector collective bargaining in Colorado. 

The teachers union leader thinks schools that have an 80 percent vaccination rate could maybe, possibly let students unmask.