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AFT Hiring Senior Associate
Job Title: Senior Associate Unit: AFTSU Job Number: AOF-58-31-1015-V Supervisor: Assistant to the President for Research and Strategic Initiatives Department: Research and Strategic Initiatives Annual Salary: $82,463.54 Special Note: The purpose of the position is to conduct research in close coordination with AFT staff and affiliates, with a particular focus on AFT’s Nurses and Health Professionals…
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The growing disjunction in education policy
This article originally appeared on The Hill. By Basil Smikle Jr. A flurry of activity among education reformers across the country exposes a growing bifurcation within its ranks, uncovered by recent challenges to teacher tenure in New York. Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown’s Partnership for Educational Justice, which recently recruited renowned attorneys David Boies and…
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Politics, Progressivism and the Future of the Democratic Party
By Basil Anthony Smikle Jr. Earlier this year, Gallup reported that a record number of Americans identify as Independents. Forty-two percent of the country shed traditional political party labels: Republican Party identification fell to 25% while 31% identified with Democrats – down from 36% in 2008 when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battled for the…
