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As part of NYSUT's effort to help ensure our public schools are a safe haven for students and employees, the union is calling attention to a new tool in the war against bullying. 

With another school year underway, educators might want to consider asking their students to take The Upstander Pledge - a pledge in which they commit to taking a personal stand to intervene or report bullying and other acts of cruelty whenever and wherever they are witnessed.

The Upstander Pledge is part of the Day #1 Campaign, a project of The Tyler Clementi Foundation which works

Reclaiming Public Education in New York State

Less Testing, More Teaching!

Community Education Forum

West Islip Fire House

309 Union Boulevard, West Islip

March 30, 2015

7:00pm

SPEAKERS, Arnold Dodge, Beth Dimino, Terry Kalb, Jeanette Deutermann

DOWNLOAD FLYER HERE:

flyer.pdf

New York State's education policy should not be about settling political scores.  Take action now at the NYSUT Member Action Center to watch and share our new TV ad demanding that the governor support our future and fairly fund our public schools!  With Gov. Cuomo's January 21 State of the State address expected to focus on education, we expect and insist that the governor's plan for education focus on the state's Constitutional responsibility to provide adequate funding for public schools ... and not on political posturing and responding to the demands of profit-seeking corporate special

A teacher is more than a test score. NYSUT is launching a new web ad today to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our teachers and to make it clear that, to their students, teachers are far more than just test scores. Watch real students talk, in their own words, about the affection, admiration and respect they have for their teachers.  Watch and share our new ad at the NYSUT Member Action Center, and listen to real students explain why their teachers are more than just test scores!  More and more, lawmakers are trying to measure the value of New York state's teachers by the results of flawed and unfair high-stakes tests. But tests don't measure our love of teaching. Tests can't assess all the long, extra hours our teachers put in every week. And tests will never account for the passion, commitment and dedication we have to helping each and every one of our students reach their full potential. Watch and share our new ad at the NYSUT Member Action Center, and listen to real students explain why their teachers are more than just test scores!  Students get it. It's time for us all to help lawmakers understand, as well. A teacher is more than a test score. Tell lawmakers to #evaluatethat. In solidarity,   Andrew Pallotta NYSUT Executive Vice President P.S.:  Please watch and share our new ad. And support our call for a two-year moratorium on the use of high-stakes tests in decisions regarding teachers and principals.