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Many charter school advocates want public schools to be run like businesses

11 July 2016
Children queuing up outside a charter school

All of the rhetoric about “school choice” only obscures the real choice. Who do we want to control public education? Communities, teachers, and education professionals, or billionaires and owners of companies like Walmart?

ECOSOC: High-level political forum on sustainable development

Date: 
18 July, 2016 to 20 July, 2016

PSI is participating in the ECOSOC High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the United Nations central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015.

Investment Court System (ICS): The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

4 Jul 2016

PSI has joined a growing number of voices pointing out that the new wave of so called “trade agreements” no longer have much to do with trade. Rather, these secret agreements create binding laws, away from democratic parliamentary institutions, to give rights to foreign investors and the largest multinational corporations on the planet.

Everyday Hero Brenda Johnson

28 June 2016
Brenda Johnson

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has selected a member from each of its seven divisions who epitomize the spirit of public service, camaraderie and compassion, as its Everyday Heroes. Each winner will be honored at this year’s AFT convention in July.

Special education paraprofessionals: Work shouldn't hurt

27 May 2016
Work shouldn't hurt

PSI affiliate the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has received a huge response from its members to a recent article by the Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA) on the subject of violence towards special education paraprofessionals.

AFT Supports the Concept of Medical Neutrality

10 May 2016

Letter to the US Secretary of State John Kerry. Click the image to read.

Protect Puerto Rico's Retirees!

10 May 2016

As Puerto Rico struggles to resolve its debt crisis, vulture hedge funds are demanding full payment on debt they bought for pennies on the dollar. Caught in the middle are Puerto Rico’s citizens– American neighbors who have no voice in Congress.

AFT report: Pearson shareholders action 2016

30 April 2016

Click te link below to read the report.

AFT Joins Global Allies to Lobby Pearson at Shareholders’ Meeting

28 April 2016

The American Federation of Teachers, along with teachers unions and nongovernmental organizations throughout the world, will speak out during Pearson’s annual general meeting Friday, April 29, in London to call for a review of its business model that pushes high-stakes testing in the United States and privatized schools in the developing world.

Stand with the Pearson 100 and let your voice be heard

Tell Pearson - Private Schools in Developing countries

Public employee and education unions have mobilized a global capital campaign in support of shareholders resolution at the Pearson PLC Annual General Meeting.