Picking Up the Pieces of No Child Left Behind
The past decade has proven that teaching to the test doesn't work. Here's a look at what does. More »
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Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. More
Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.5 million-member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state, and federal employees; and early childhood educators. She was elected in July 2008, following 11 years of service as an AFT vice president.
Weingarten served for 12 years as president of the United Federation of Teachers, representing approximately 200,000 nonsupervisory educators in the New York City public school system, as well as home child care providers and other workers in health, law, and education.
For 10 years, Weingarten chaired New York City’s Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city’s 100-plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees. As chair of the MLC, she coordinated labor negotiations and bargaining for benefits on behalf of the MLC unions’ 365,000 members.
The past decade has proven that teaching to the test doesn't work. Here's a look at what does. More »
