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Opinion on Masks & COVID-19 safety precautions - There should be a comprehensive approach to opening schools safely.

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Article originally aired on Fox 5 Atlanta on June 4, 2021


Gwinnett, Cobb school districts face accreditation review

By Elizabeth Rawlings

Georgia’s Teacher Federation President told FOX 5 that she’s skeptical about whether the complaints are legitimate.

"I’m very suspicious when a new a board comes in and all of a sudden there is a governance problem," said Turner.

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Article posted on CBS46 website, June 3, 2021

 

State Board of Education discussing a resolution to reject 'Critical Race Theory'

By Jamie Kennedy

ATLANTA (CBS46) -- A critical debate, on a controversial concept. The state board of education discussing a resolution on Thursday that rejected the teaching of Critical Race Theory. 

“I just don’t want Critical Race Theory to be one sided,” said Georgia Board of Education member, Lisa Kinnemore.

"We have people in the community and world who don't want to acknowledge the fact that racism exists," said Miranda Wicker, who's children go to school in

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Inspire Health Alliance Forms Partnership with Georgia Federation of Teachers to Bring No Out-of-Pocket Cost COVID-19 Testing to More Than 75,000 Educators

Convenient at-home PCR testing kits under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA gives added confidence to educators statewide

 

LAKE FOREST, Calif. and ATLANTA, May 19, 2021--Inspire Health Alliance today announced a testing program with the Georgia Federation of Teachers to make self-administered COVID-19 tests available to 75,000 public education employees at zero out-of-pocket cost. The Inspire Diagnostic test kits allow Georgian

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OCTOBER 27, 2020
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National Teachers Union President to Rally with Georgia Federation of Teachers President Verdaillia Turner, U.S. Senate Candidate Rev. Rafael Warnock and other Notables in Atlanta as part of Nationwide Get-Out-The-Vote Bus Tour
 

ATLANTA — On Wednesday, October 28th, less than a week from Election Day, the American Federation of Teachers’ #AFTVotes branded bus will roll  into Atlanta as part of its nationwide get-out-the-vote bus tour.

While in Atlanta, AFT’s national president, Randi

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Teachers Do Not Let Anyone Minimize Your Power

I retired from Clayton County Public Schools three years ago. I loved being a teacher because each day you had the opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life. I worked in the field of Education for over 38 years. Teaching is an Art and a Science. This is why it is difficult to hear people talk about Educators during COVID-19. In August Georgia State Representative Steve Tarvin posted on his Facebook Page that teachers are “’self-centered, cry babies’” who are

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