American Educator

American Educator is a quarterly publication released by the American Federation of Teachers that addresses a range of topics related to children and education. As of mid-2011, it had a circulation exceeding 900,000 copies. Notable contributors to the journal include E. D. Hirsch Jr., Diane Ravitch, Richard W. Riley, Daniel T. Willingham, and William Julius Wilson. The journal is also indexed by the Education Resources Information Center, which is part of the U.S. Department of Education.

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Robbing Peter to pay for Elon’s tax cuts

1 month ago | aft.org | Randi Weingarten

Americans didn’t vote for deep cuts to services that we need—and our taxes pay for. Elon Musk will never need to look to the federal government for Social Security benefits, to apply for a student loan, file a disability claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs, or seek services because his child has a disability. Neither will President Donald Trump. But that’s not true for most Americans.
Protect-don’t wreck-our children’s futures

2 months ago | aft.org | Randi Weingarten

As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk swing a wrecking ball at the U.S. Department of Education, I’m wondering if it’s due to a lack of understanding of the department’s vital functions, or because funding tax cuts for the wealthy is more important to them than building our future, or because they simply don’t care about the collateral damage to our students, public schools and country.
Government for the people-or for plutocrats?

Jan 19, 2025 | aft.org | Randi Weingarten

Will Trump deliver for working families or for his billionaire backers? As Donald Trump fought to reclaim the White House, he professed to be a champion of everyday Americans—people who work hard for a living yet are struggling to cover basic expenses. And a majority of voters in the last election put their faith in him. But early signs suggest that rather than delivering for working families, Trump is poised to do the bidding of Big Tech and the billionaires who bankrolled his campaign.
American Federation of Teachers

Dec 10, 2024 | aft.org | Randi Weingarten |Carol Graham |Daniel T. Willingham |Joshua Lerner

The Kids Are Not OK, But Education Innovations Provide Hope
Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Understanding Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom

Dec 10, 2024 | aft.org | Daniel T. Willingham

How does the mind work—and especially how does it learn? Teachers’ instructional decisions are based on a mix of theories learned in teacher education, trial and error, craft knowledge, and gut instinct. Such knowledge often serves us well, but is there anything sturdier to rely on? Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of researchers from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and anthropology who seek to understand the mind.
Finding Connection and Confidence Through Hip Hop

Dec 10, 2024 | aft.org
Fighting for a better future

Nov 17, 2024 | aft.org | Randi Weingarten

The rush to explain the results of the 2024 presidential election is on. How did Donald Trump reclaim the White House? Was it gender divides? Swaying young voters? Culture wars? Winning more of the Hispanic vote? Elon Musk? Podcasts? The manoverse? All may have been factors, but we know that the economy was top of mind for most Americans—and that when voters feel the cost of housing, gas or eggs is too damn high, they traditionally punish the incumbent party.
How Private Equity Has Looted Our Hospitals

Oct 11, 2024 | aft.org

How can we stop private equity firms from pillaging our hospitals & exploiting workers? Get involved with your union & fight for laws to hold them accountable. More from @PEstakeholder in the new #AFTHealthCare aft.org/hc/fall2024/bugbee
Project 2025: ‘Institutionalizing Trumpism’

Sep 15, 2024 | aft.org | Randi Weingarten

Donald Trump wants to run as far away as he can from the extremist—and extremely unpopular—manifesto known as Project 2025, but his attempts to disassociate himself from it don’t pass the sniff test. The explicit goal of the plan, according to its chief architect, is “institutionalizing Trumpism.” Its authors, who include former Cabinet secretaries and top White House officials in the Trump administration, detail how to do that in the first 180 days of what they hope will be a second Trump term.
With Harris, America’s best days are ahead

Aug 25, 2024 | aft.org | Randi Weingarten

Never underestimate a public school teacher. Gov. Tim Walz declared those words as he accepted the vice presidential nomination. I know every teacher who heard him sat up straighter and said, darn right. There’s also been a lot of underestimating the Democratic nominee for president. But the energy around Vice President Kamala Harris and her candidacy has proved the doubters wrong at every step, and the electricity we felt at this week’s Democratic convention was palpable.