Do We Need a Basic Rewrite of No Child Left Behind?
Beginning August 5th, AFT President Randi Weingarten is taking part in a three-day live, online forum on www.newtalk.org along with other education policy experts, school district administrators and classroom teachers from across the country to discuss the future of the "No Child Left Behind" education law. The discussion will focus on what changes need to be made to the policy—an early hallmark of the current Bush administration—and what may be expected of the next President.

AFT Finds States Making Progress Writing Clear Academic Standards
Some states are making discernible progress in writing clear, specific, content-focused standards that define what students are expected to learn in every grade or course in English, math, science and social studies, according to a new AFT report, which also offers advice for states whose standards need improvement.

Charting the Course: The AFT's Education Agenda To Reach All Children
As the pressure grows for our students to learn and know more, so grows the demand on schools to raise achievement. It's a huge challenge for our country—and for the schools in which we work. The public appetite for dramatic solutions is substantial. And that appetite is being fed by a stream of unproven reform proposals that will do tremendous damage to our children, our schools and our profession. We have better solutions.