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Wearing Red for Public Ed

One year after schools were forced to close for in-person instruction because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, teachers are back in the buildings doing what they do best, supporting public education and teaching and supporting our students. Teachers are wearing red to support public education, as front line workers teaching a hybrid schedule and only seeing a small percentage of their students. Despite the adversity, the Westbury Teachers Association has taken it all in stride!

Westbury School District's Re-Entry Plan

Click Here for the Westbury Public School's Reentry Plan for the 2020-21 school year.

Why getting kids ‘college and career ready’ isn’t enough

Conventional wisdom holds that young people aren’t political or even civic-minded. The following post takes issue with this notion. It was written by Joseph Kahne, a professor of education at Mills College and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He chairs the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics. His work concerns the ways educational initiatives and participation with digital media can influence the quality, quantity, and equality of youth civic and political participation.

CDC issues new K-12 guidelines for the fall

Thank you to our members!

This year, NYSUT members overcame obstacles they had never faced before. Your sisters and brothers in the statewide union applaud you for working together to stand up to the challenge of COVID-19. In this video, we thank you for rising above and beyond!

NYSUT Member Briefing - June 19, 2021

Community Schools fill gaps and offer hope

NYSUT Member Briefing - June 11, 2021

Your union fought for APPR relief, and won!

In a major victory for NYSUT, a new law ensures K-12 districts are not required to complete annual professional performance reviews for 2020-21 and will not lose any school aid as a result. Here’s NYSUT’s updated Fact Sheet.

NYSUT Member Briefing - June 4, 2021

Act NOW! Mere days remain in the legislative session

Take action now at the NYSUT Member Action Center to urge lawmakers to support legislation providing public school students with greater access to school psychologists, social workers, and counselors! And find other opportunities to advocate on key issues at the MAC.