The AFT has long supported Career & Tech Education. We've seen how CTE programs give opportunities and economic mobility to students while they're still in high school through hands-on, experiential learning. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/26/high-schools-reviving-shop-class-skills-gap.html

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Biden’s economic plan is working. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-868a3891-7f1c-4694-a527-0cc3a155d88c.html

✏️Help kids become confident readers ✏️Catalyze an expansion of community schools & experiential learning ✏️Care for young people’s mental health ✏️Fight for the teaching staff & the resources students need to thrive #RealSolutionsForKids https://www.aft.org/column/real-solutions-kids-and-communities

Educators in classrooms across the country are helping their students recover and thrive. What I have witnessed, and what research has proven, form a set of strategies & solutions that will help students and strengthen public education. https://www.aft.org/column/real-solutions-kids-and-communities

Educators in classrooms across the country are helping their students recover and thrive. What I have witnessed, and what research has proven, form a set of strategies & solutions that will help students and strengthen public education. https://www.aft.org/column/real-solutions-kids-and-communities

AFT has called for social media, generative AI & machine learning models to be developed & employed ethically. Today, some of the biggest tech companies have agreed to that. https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-safeguards-joe-biden-kamala-harris-4caf02b94275429f764b06840897436c

Since 2020, three employees have died while working at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Miss. On July 14, Guatemalan immigrant worker Duvan Tomas Perez became the third in as many years. He was only 16.

Boy, 16, Dies At Hattiesburg Poultry Plant In Third Worker Death Since 2020

A 16-year-old Guatemalan immigrant worker is dead after a machinery-related accident at the Mar-Jac poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Social media companies must act to ensure their products are designed with our kids’ safety in mind & reflect the challenges kids face at home & in the classroom. https://www.aft.org/press-release/new-report-calls-out-social-media-platforms-undermining-schools-increasing-costs

Teachers know firsthand how important funding for programs like Title I, IDEA, and nutrition are to students. Glad our educators were in town for TEACH to demand Congress give students what they need to thrive. https://bsky.app/profile/aftunion.bsky.social/post/3k2xyeoon3p2x