The 2018 budget proposal released by the White House on March 16 "takes a meat cleaver to public education" and ignores promised investments in the types of skills, training and other vital family supports that Trump rode to the White House in 2016, AFT President Randi Weingarten says.

AFT Pennsylvania's Executive Council has approved a resolution opposing legislative efforts to eliminate school property taxes across the commonwealth. The resolution was approved unanimously by the Executive Council March 10. The property tax elimination bill has not been introduced yet.

AFT Pennsylvania President Ted Kirsch released a statement after six school districts, Philadelphia parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP sued Gov. Corbett and state legislators for failing to provide Pennsylvania children with a "thorough and efficient" system.

AFT Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Federations are members of the governing body of the Campaign for Fair Education Funding, which kicked off efforts in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, Oct. 6, to ensure every student has access to a quality education.

A survey of Pennsylvanians by Terry Madonna's Opinion Research group found that 71 percent of Pennsylvanians believe the state needs to make a bigger investment in public education. 

AFT released a new survey of parents that shows that parents want politicians to support neighborhood public schools. Ted Kirsch released the following statement about the study.

AFT Pennsylvania joined with state Senate Democrats in calling for a moratorium on the requirements for students, teachers and schools associated with the new Common Core State Standards on Monday.

SCRANTON (April 4, 2013) – AFTPA Executive Vice President Rosemary Boland testified before the House Democratic Policy Committee on school safety, saying it’s impossible to discuss school safety without addressing school funding issues.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA (April 12, 2013) -- Higher education union leaders from across Pennsylvania met last weekend to discuss higher education funding, the difficulty of negotiating contracts in the current political and economic climate, rising college student debt and other issues at the annual AFT Pennsylvania-PSEA Higher Education Coalition Conference.