PDF of JSD's Initial Negotiation Proposals to JESS (Feb 2012).

PRESS RELEASE: No Child Left Behind Waived for Georgia & 9 other states

One of the most pressing issues we find ourselves facing is the impending legislation to allow charter schools in Alabama. AFT Alabama does not support charter schools here while the bill is in its’ current form.

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Sign the online petition TODAY: http://www.tstaweb.net/forms/2012cutsPetition.html

Demand that Governor Perry call a special session to…

STOP the Education Layoffs

Because the Texas legislature cut $5.4 billion from what was needed to maintain the current level of education funding, almost 50,000 Education Jobs — teachers, teacher’s aides, bus drivers, custodians and many more of the people who care for our kids everyday — could be lost due to state budget cuts. Another 68,000 private sector jobs could be lost due to education cuts.

How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona's Unions

by John Nichols, The Nation

Get well wishes for our AGCEP members

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 Our sympathies are extended to the following AGCEP families

Noreen Anderson of Arcadia High School lost  her Mother in January.  
Barbara Johnson of Kirk Road Elementary lost her Mother on December 29, 2011.

Donna Mattle, passed away January 18, 2012. Until this year, she was a security guard for Greece Cental for many years.

Nancy Jo Gross lost her father-in law

Fran Palermo's grandmother passed away

Coach Rafael De Leon and coach Bertha Chavana organized a charity night with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers to be played March 22, 2012 at 7 p.m.