Thank you!
Thank you to all the parents, students, community members, organizations and unions that stood with us to fight for the schools and educators our students deserve!
Free college for OFT members
Yes, it's true - free college. OFT members can enroll in Eastern Gateway Community College's online distance-learning program with no costs for tuition, fees or e-texts. Credits earned can be transferred to a four-year college.
CHUH Levy - November 2016
The CHUH district will have a 5.5 mil levy on the ballot for November 2016. It is the first operating levy in 5 years - 2 years longer than the normal life expectancy of a school levy. This means that the district has not had any increase in operating costs for 5 years even though everything costs more today than it did 5 years ago.
Tom Mooney Scholarship
Have a child whose college plans are to study education, history, labor studies or political science? He or she could be a Mooney Scholar. Applications for 2019 are due April 24.
2013 OFT Convention
John Kuhn interview - Nov 2012
As superintendent of a small Texas school district, John Kuhn seems to be an important voice of common sense in education world. He is against an overreliance on test scores and believes some of the things we are being asked to do in school today does nothing to advance the education of our students. Read this great interview from the Dallas Morning News.
AFT uses toolkit of info to battle dangerous stereotypes in film "Won't Back Down"
A film soon to be in theaters called “Won’t Back Down” uses moving characters to drive home the sense of urgency parents and educators feel to do everything they can to provide the best possible education for their children. That urgency is real, but the film unfairly uses stereotypes to deliver the wrong message. Learn how you can respond.