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She gave several speeches over the 3 day conference. All were very well received. She wants a halt to high stakes testing, she's pushing for wrap around services, and she wants a halt to school closings.
Those are all issues I support. I took notes and didn't hear her say anything I don't agree with. She just has a very dedicated base of members who despise her.
The conference itself was very good. One night they had a tribute to teachers. Ed Schultz and Tony Danza were there, talking about their favorite teachers. Tony Danza was hilarious. I also was in several excellent workshops. One was about how much testing is costing us and another gave us factual info about those PISA scores.
My local participated in collaborative training at TEACH as a team with a group of our administrators. It was excellent and we came home with administrators who were very impressed with AFT. They want to bring some of the AFT reps they worked with here to our district for more training. I think that's a good thing. So I'm grateful for the opportunity to attend TEACH.
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