Washington DREAM Act: Financial Aid Within Reach for Immigrants
Feb. 26, 2014 | Washington News Service | Chris Thomas, Producer
Food service worker makes the case for higher minimum wage
A Florida food service worker and AFT member was one of the witnesses at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee on the minimum wage and other economic issues affecting individuals, families and communities.
"Pay it Forward" aims to change how students fund college
USA TODAY | February 21, 2014 | Alex Koma, USA TODAY Collegiate Correspondent
A bill making its way through Washington state’s House of Representatives has the potential to change the way students pay for college. Instead of paying up front and taking out student loans, state Rep. Larry Seaquist’s “Pay it Forward” program would let students pay for their education after they graduate by deducting a set percentage of their future income for up to 25 years. [full article]
A hand up is not a handout
In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten urges lawmakers to strengthen the rungs on America's ladder of opportunity.
A war on poverty, or on the poor?
In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten writes about what poverty in America looks like today, a half-century after President Lyndon B. Johnson, in conjunction with civil rights, religious and labor leaders, commenced the war on poverty.
Program makes it easy to thank teachers who change lives
A new initiative from Farmers Insurance gives people a way to send a personal thank-you to educators who make a difference in their lives and the lives of their children—and offers those educators a chance to win a grant to use in their classrooms.