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February 8, 2012
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According to the results of a Quinnipiac poll, released on Feb. 8, New Yorkers say they trust the UFT more than the mayor, 56 percent to 31 percent, to do what's best for public school children. UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, "I want to thank millions of public school parents and other New Yorkers who have given their teachers such a vote of confidence."
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February 3, 2012
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UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced at a Feb. 3 press conference at union headquarters that the UFT will donate $125,000 to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of reproductive health services, as well as inaugurate a special online fundraising effort for the organization among its approximately 200,000 members. Planned Parenthood is a lifeline particularly for low-income and uninsured women, most of whom would have no other access to life-saving preventative screenings and other important health care.
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February 3, 2012
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The UFT announced on Feb. 3 that it is donating $125,000 to Planned Parenthood. In addition, the union announced that it was inaugurating a special fund-raising effort among its members for the organization. UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, "As a union with a large female membership, we know the importance of the kind of health care that Planned Parenthood provides, including breast cancer screening."
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February 2, 2012
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In 2011 some 5 million Americans were denied the right to vote, through laws or executive orders, in 14 states - states that represent 171 or 63% of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Bills to restrict voting right were introduced in 38 states, with more to come this year. These measures hit people of color, low-income voters, students, youth, immigrants and seniors most.
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February 2, 2012
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Ten years into Bloomberg’s education reforms, the New York City school system has come full circle and is now shutting down new high schools at the same rate as old ones. High schools established by Bloomberg represent about 40 percent of all existing high schools and 38 percent of the high schools on the closing list.
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February 2, 2012
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An administration which has “never stopped congratulating itself for ending ‘social promotion’ has created a new program — ‘social graduation,’” UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the City Council Committees on Education and Higher Education on Jan. 19.
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February 2, 2012
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AFT members in Wisconsin helped collect 1 million signatures in support of a recall election for Gov. Scott Walker — almost double the 540,208 signatures required.
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February 2, 2012
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For a movement that prides itself on quantifying results, most studies of charter schools are shabbily done, according to a review in the Jan. 13 issue of Science.
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February 2, 2012
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Forty Chicago schools — 38 charters and two high schools — are joining 11 others that have already implemented next year’s promised systemwide conversion to a 7½-hour school day.
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February 2, 2012
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Teachers in Chester, Pa., who said they would be willing to work without pay to keep classroom disruption to a minimum after their school district reported in early January that its cash reserves had dipped below $100,000, scored a small victory on Jan. 10 when a federal judge approved an advance on the district’s state school aid pending the outcome of a lawsuit to force the state to provide adequate funding.
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