Saturday, July 23, 2011

Save Our Schools--Why I'm Marching

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A few months ago when I decided to support the Save Our Schools March and Call to Action I had a long list of where I thought “education ref...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Fighting the status quo since 1918

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Dear SPFT Community: Our union is a powerful force for justice, innovation and democracy. That sentiment often comes out when SPFT leaders...
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Monday, May 2, 2011

Teacher Appreciation Day

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May 3, 2011 Dear SPFT Community: Happy Teacher Appreciation Day to all of our educators! I celebrate this Teacher Appreciation Day with...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Solving the budget and learning deficit, together

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At the November SPFT membership meeting, the members present determined that we should go through a process of gathering input from members ...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Sorrow from Central High School

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The work that fills the days of all of us is put into perspective by the tragic death of a child, one of our students. Children are the reas...
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Devastating Race to the Top news

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Minnesota is not a finalist for the Phase 1 Race to the Top grant funds from the Federal Department of Education. The St. Paul Federation of...
Friday, January 22, 2010

To everything, a season

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The Saint Paul Federation of Teachers knew that we were going to have difficult contract negotiations when we formed our team last year. Sta...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Tentative Agreement for Teachers

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The Values guiding our negotiating work: • The most important work in education occurs between educator and student • Effective decision-mak...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

A process well-traveled

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Tonight the St. Paul Public Schools Board of Education will announce the results of their search for a new superintendent. This will be the ...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Partners in education? Wait & See

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One of the two most prominent findings this fall, from the superintendent search firm Hazard, Young & Associates, was the identification...