American Federation of Teachers Initiates School Reform Plan

Greg Toppo:

Education reformers have long criticized the big teachers unions for blocking efforts to shake up public school bureaucracies, but a new, $1 million campaign from one of the largest may help put some of that criticism to rest.

The American Federation of Teachers, the USA's second-largest teachers union, plans to announce today it will put up $1 million and seek additional philanthropic funding to help school systems try "sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects" developed by AFT teachers over the past several years.

AFT has more than 1.4 million members; about half currently work in schools.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 11, 2008 1:44 PM
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