DFT Members Showcasing Virtual Learning
DFT Members Showcasing Virtual Learning
WHAT'S NEW: #BuildSchoolsNotWalls May 1 rally in Detroit to #ReclaimOurSchools
AFT Detroit rallied on May 1 at the Horatio Williams Foundation Center in Detroit to push back, organize and fight against draconian Trump and DeVos policies to reduce vital investment in public schools.
Fighting for Freedom
AFT Michigan President David Hecker and DFT President Ivy Bailey attended the annual Detroit branch NAACP Fight for Freedom Dinner held on April 23 at Cobo Convention Center in downtown Detroit.
The keynote speaker was U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts.
Focus on resources in Detroit schools' new start: Detroit Free Press guest column by Ivy Bailey - April 21
If we are serious about improving public education for all children, we should invest in their schools and their educators. That’s why it is essential that we take a critical look at the resources we have available and how those resources are being allocated.
READ ENTIRE COLUMN http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/04/20/detroit-schools-teachers/100713770/
Statement by DFT President Ivy Bailey on Board of Education 7-0 vote to appoint Dr. Nikolai Vitti as DPSCD superintendent - April 18
"The Detroit Board of Education today voted to appoint Dr. Nikolai Vitti superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD.)
ROLL CALL: March 9 General Membership Meeting
Thanks to all who attended our productive meeting. The following schools were represented:
WHAT'S NEW: Legislative Update from AFT Michigan
You’ll find information on a number of high priority bills under consideration.
Knezek Offers Resolution Demanding Snyder Drop the Appeal and Return our 3 Percent
Sen. David Knezek (D-Dearborn Heights) introduced on March 29 SR 37, a resolution demanding Gov. Rick Snyder return the money taken illegally from school employees’ paychecks from 2010-12, the subject of a seven-year court battle led by AFT Michigan and the Michigan Education Association.