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BTU leader gets national post with AFT
Loretta Johnson, the longtime co-president of the Baltimore Teachers Union, has been elected executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, making her the No. 3 official in the nation's second-largest teachers union. For the time being,...Tags: National Government, Government
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McCain supports vouchers
Sun reporterAppearing before some of his presidential rival's most ardent supporters, Sen. John McCain urged delegates to the NAACP convention yesterday to support school vouchers as a way to improve education in largely black, underperforming school systems. McCain...Tags: Minority Groups, Teaching and Learning, Hurricanes, National or Ethnic Minorities, Meteorological Disasters
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Corrections and clarifications, Jul. 16, 2008
•A Metro section story on Tuesday detailing a proposal by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten incorrectly said that the AFT was the largest teachers union in the country. That distinction belongs to the National Education... -
McCain tells NAACP he will help pupils in failing schools; backs vouchers for private schools
Associated Press WriterCINCINNATI (AP) _ John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. The likely Republican presidential nominee...Tags: Barack Obama, Christianity, Wages and Pensions, Economic Policy, Society
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McCain talks education with the NAACP
CINCINNATI - John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters yesterday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. The likely Republican presidential nominee addressed...Tags: Barack Obama, Wages and Pensions, Economic Policy, Society, Foreign Aid
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New national chief of teachers union calls for full-service schools
Chicago Tribune reporterThe newly elected head of the nation's largest teachers union on Monday called on school districts nationwide to create community schools that would offer services to students and their families ranging from health care to recreation. Speaking to about...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Society, Navy Pier
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Obama's 30-Percent Solution
If Barack Obama's historic campaign to become the first black president boosts black turnout as drastically as he predicts, he could crack decades of Republican dominance across the South. That's a big "if." Still, an analysis of U.S. Census and...Tags: John F Kerry, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Personal Income, Political Candidates
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McCain talks up vouchers to NAACP
Chicago Tribune NewspapersCINCINNATI — John McCain ventured into solid Barack Obama territory Wednesday when he addressed the 99th annual convention of the country's venerable civil rights organization, the NAACP. He did not draw the crowd that greeted his Democrat...Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Political Candidates, NAACP, Elections
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Clinton asks teachers union to shift support to Obama
Chicago Tribune reporterSen. Hillary Clinton made a politically bittersweet visit to the American Federation of Teachers gathering in Chicago on Saturday, thanking the union for its early support in her bid for the presidency then urging members to get actively behind her former...Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Navy Pier
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Palm Beach County teachers' union demands pay raises
South Florida Sun-SentinelTeachers' union leaders on Wednesday pleaded with the Palm Beach County School Board to set aside money for raises for the coming school year. Blaming a severe financial shortfall, Superintendent Art Johnson's proposed $1.5 billion operating budget...Tags: Palm Beach County, Budgets and Budgeting, Art Johnson
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