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November 13 - The new K-12 education cuts are yet another agreement among our elected lawmakers to make it that much harder to provide school children the services upon which their parents rely. These new K-12 cuts will create even more difficulty in 2010 when funding swaps being used to obfuscate education cuts evaporate. 

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United We Serve bannerOn June 22, President Obama announced a nationwide service initiative, United We Serve, which is the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans.
Speaking at the National Press Club on Nov. 17, AFT president Randi Weingarten outlined both provocative and proven approaches to improve public education and thereby make a long-term investment in the country's lagging economy.

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