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I stand with NYSUT! It's time for New York to #FixTier6. 📢 @news12li, @newsday, @longislandherald 📢

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I stand with NYSUT! It's time for New York to #FixTier6. 📢 @news12li, @newsday, @longislandherald 📢

In a commentary featured in the @TimesUnion, 2008 NY Teacher of the Year Rich Ognibene discusses the need to #FixTier6 and how it could turn the tides on the growing teacher shortage. Read the full commentary here: timesunion.com/opinion/articl…

Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.” washingtonian.com/2026/03/12/the…

@WhiteHouse REAL.

NYSUT stands in solidarity with the faculty and staff at St. John’s University as they fight for a fair contract. Recently, the union received notice that administrators would no longer recognize unions at SJU and negotiations halted. Learn more: torchonline.com/news/2026/03/1…

The start of the WNBA season is right around the corner, but the players are STILL fighting for a fair contract. Send a letter to the WNBA Commissioner to let her know that you stand with the players: act.aflcio.org/letters/tell-t…

@swizzlemcd @News12LI Unions protect students' learning conditions and staff working conditions.

@News12LI Ahhh, teachers' union hard at work " for the kids"

NEW TODAY: Two Suffolk school districts have launched lawsuits against the SUNY Board of Trustees in an effort to block the establishment of charter schools. longisland.news12.com/brentwood-cent…

@ShellbackGolden @News12LI Proof??

@News12LI No more of this

@HimHeManGuy @News12LI Unions protect students' learning conditions as well as staff working conditions.

@News12LI School unions should be abolished.

@ShellbackGolden @News12LI And the community should have the choice via a vote to decide if they want to send public money to a private/public school when they already have a public school district.

@News12LI School choice should be the right of every American

@News12LI As usual, misleading headline @News12LI @nysut is suing the state Ed department to follow their own application requirements. Allow the community to vote if they want the charter school. #localcontrol

Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.

If we’re serious about preparing students for careers, we must invest in CTE programs—not take it away. edweek.org/policy-politic…

The State of the Union didn’t change the facts. Prices are high. Families are squeezed. Billionaires are thriving. That’s why workers across this country are organizing in record numbers— because real change comes when we join together.

I’m an HR manager. I interviewed a young man today for an entry-level warehouse job. He was incredibly nervous. He was sweating through his shirt, and I noticed he kept tucking his feet under his chair. When he stood up to shake my hand at the end, I saw why. The soles of his dress shoes were completely separated, held together by black electrical tape. He saw me looking and turned beet red. "I walked four miles here," he mumbled. "I couldn't afford the bus, and these are the only black shoes I have. I really need this job, ma'am." I didn't hire him. Not right then. Instead, I walked him down the street to the shoe store and bought him a sturdy pair of work boots on my personal card. Then I brought him back and had him sign the offer letter. He starts Monday. You can't expect someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps if they don't have boots. Anonymous

An 8-year-old boy noticed what every adult in the restaurant missed — and it changed a family's life forever. Every weekend, Kayzen Hunter and his family walk into their local Waffle House in Little Rock, Arkansas, and ask for the same section. Not because of the booth or the view. Because of Devonte. Devonte Gardner is the waiter who greets Kayzen with a high five every single time. The one who already knows his order by heart — scrambled eggs with cheese, no toast, hash browns covered with cheese, and an Arnold Palmer. The one who always has a joke ready, and a smile so big you'd think he was having the best day of his life. For about a year, the Hunter family — Kayzen, his mom Vittoria, his dad, and his siblings — sat in Devonte's section every weekend. They got to know him. They learned about his wife, Aissa, and his two little daughters, Jade and Amoura. They saw someone who genuinely loved making people feel welcome. What they didn't know was what Devonte went home to after every shift. His family's apartment had become infested with black mold and rats. His daughters were getting sick. He had no choice but to move them out — leaving behind most of their belongings because the mold had contaminated everything. The only place they could afford was a motel room at sixty dollars a night. Every tip Devonte earned went straight to keeping that room. He was walking miles to work and back because the money he'd saved for a car had been swallowed by the emergency move. For months, he kept showing up to Waffle House with that same smile, and no one knew he was barely holding on. Then one day, Kayzen visited the restaurant with his grandfather. That's when Devonte quietly mentioned he was looking for a cheap car. Kayzen, being Kayzen, asked more questions. He learned about the motel. He learned about the girls. He learned that his favorite person at Waffle House was struggling in ways he couldn't see behind the counter. He went home and told his mom they needed to do something. "He kept saying, 'We have to start a GoFundMe and help Devonte get a car,'" Vittoria recalled. "He didn't give up on it. He's a kid with a big heart." Vittoria helped Kayzen set up the page with a goal of five hundred dollars. In Kayzen's own words, the description read: "Devonte is one of the most joyous and positive people you've ever met. He always greets us with the biggest smile. I hope your heart is as BIG as mine and you will help me spread kindness in the world." At first, the donations trickled in slowly. Then a local news station in Little Rock ran the story. Then The Washington Post picked it up. Then the whole country saw it. Within a month, the GoFundMe raised over one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars. Devonte broke down when he found out. "I started crying," he said. "I'd been quietly struggling and didn't want to ask anybody for anything." With the funds, Devonte and his family moved out of the motel and into a real apartment. The full year's rent was paid upfront so they wouldn't have to worry month to month. Then Kayzen went with Devonte to pick out a car — a brand new one. They sat in it together, and Devonte told him, "Kayzen, you're gonna be right here. I'll pick you up from school." Devonte said he planned to save the rest for his daughters. "Everything I'm getting is going mostly towards my daughters to make sure they have a great, great life. Make sure we won't have to struggle anymore." The Hunters still go to Waffle House every weekend. They still sit in Devonte's section. Kayzen still gets his high five at the door. But now, when Devonte smiles, it's a different kind of smile. When asked how it felt to help his friend, Kayzen kept it simple: "It just feels good to help someone else."

Public Schools Week is a chance to celebrate what makes our public schools extraordinary: they welcome every child, strengthen every community, and are powered by educators who show up with skill, compassion, and unwavering commitment. When we invest in them and trust the people who make them work, our students thrive.

BREAKING: Muliple women are reporting similar things in Texas They’re saying that their voter registration is in “suspense” meaning somebody challenged their voter registration. Thanks to @AshleyDCan we’re reporting this. What’s going on Texas?