By training teenagers in job safety, PSRPs fill a need
AFT PSRPs from two different locals in southern Illinois have created a training program to teach high school and college students about workplace safety
Florida PSRPs get community recognition as professionals
Public recognition comes rarely for school support personnel, but back-to-school season last fall provided a windfall of publicity for school bus drivers, bus attendants and cafeteria workers in southwestern Florida.
Delivering literacy by the truckload in Oregon
Using a phone bank and other organizing tools, support staff at the Oregon School Employees Association's Centennial Chapter 113 spent months recruiting 2,000 classified employees, teachers and social service employees to sign up for First Book, a national nonprofit dedicated to putting books in the hands of children who need them most.
Wall Street deals costing schools, municipalities billions
Following a new report detailing how Wall Street sold toxic deals to school districts and municipalities that are costing communities billions in fees, interest and other payments, educators, parents, community members and local officials have joined together for a Day of Action in cities across the country.
Parents and teachers support Mark Schauer
Michigan may see one of the closest races in the country. That means it's all going to come down to turnout and the late-deciding voters. The AFT has launched two ad buys in the state, to make clear what's at stake.
Report wrongly discounts role of support staff in schools
The AFT is challenging the assumptions of a new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute on school support staff, which suggests that the increase in the number of these employees is "adding more hands, but not necessarily more value."