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Teachers’ union, with memes and active members, approves contract After a negotiation process during which the teachers’ union filled its Instagram page with memes, the Board of Education and Board of Alders will vote on the contract, which increases teacher pay by ...

2 months ago

"...any progress that we can make on shifting salaries and insurance premiums and working conditions helps our role to be more sustainable, so that our schools can be more sustainable." #RealSolutions @aftteach.bsky.social

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@asafeplacebook.bsky.social

2 months ago

"#ProtectOurKids & Communities" virtual town hall later this month is among events + highlights & featured benefit in the latest edition of "Inside #AFTCT." #RealSolutions @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org

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A Safe Place Book

2 months ago

Safety in schools is a priority that requires collective effort and informed strategies. Discover fact-based, community solutions for school safety by visiting ASafePlaceBook.com today.

#ASafePlaceBook #SchoolSafety #RealSolutions

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Polar Geoengineering: A Risky Experiment That Will Not Fix Climate Change Earth’s climate is warming because we burn fossil fuels for electricity, transport, heating, and food production, and this releases greenhouse gases. The polar regions (the Arctic and Antarctic) are warming faster than anywhere else, and ice melting there will affect the whole planet. To stop the melting, we must reduce fossil fuel use. However, some people believe reducing fossil fuel use is too difficult or expensive and suggest developing technologies to control the climate. These ideas are called geoengineering. But geoengineering is risky, expensive, slow to develop, and may not work. It also requires global cooperation and could harm fragile polar ecosystems. The best solution is to cut greenhouse gas emissions. We already have the technology to do so, it is proven to work, and it will benefit everyone, including the polar regions, if we act now. Cutting emissions is the safest and most effective way to protect our planet.

2 months ago

This holiday season we share this guide by Frontiers on how to explain geoengineering to young, inquisitive minds seeing answers about climate justice.
Click here to read it: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.20...

#ClimateJustice #RealSolutions

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BLOG: When “Inclusion” Dilutes Justice - Why Solar Geoengineering Non Use Agreement Must Not Be Reframed - HOME Alliance

2 months ago

📖 Read the blog here: handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/bl...

#NoGeoengineering #HandsOffAfrica #ClimateJustice #NoFalseSolutions #RealSolutions

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New Haven teachers' contract heading toward arbitration, union president says: 'We will be ready' "We will be ready for arbitration because we aren't backing down," the union president said.

2 months ago

"When the city loses teachers, students pay the price. That's why you can sense the real anger and frustration in city hall this evening." #RealSolutions @aftteach.bsky.social

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AFT Connecticut on Reels

3 months ago

Provoked to declare impasse in contract talks! Leaders of our New Haven Federation of Teachers were joined by their @council4.bsky.social siblings & #union members to demand #RealSolutions for their students & themselves. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social

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The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology | Editorial Editorial: Sun-dimming risks putting the planet’s thermostat under Donald Trump’s control. Better to adopt the precautionary principle with high-stakes science

3 months ago

Read more in @theguardian.com here:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#NoGeoengineering #HandsOffAfrica #ClimateJustice #NoFalseSolutions #RealSolutions #UNEA7 #COP30

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Alders Press For NHPS-Budget Clarity - New Haven Independent Compiling an accurate, line-by-line picture of how New Haven Public Schools is spending money in the current fiscal year is “next to impossible to get done,” according to the district's chief financia...

3 months ago

“We cannot pour from an empty cup. Please ensure it’s both filled and we can see what’s in it.” #RealSolutions @aftteach.bsky.social

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Teachers Make Closing Push For Affordable Health Care - New Haven Independent Over 100 New Haven public school teachers and supporters showed up to Monday's Board of Education meeting to back the teachers union's push for the district to lower educators' healthcare costs -- by ...

3 months ago

"While the city saves, teachers pay the price. Higher deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses. That’s not equity, that’s an imbalance and it’s an injustice.” #RealSolutions @aftteach.bsky.social

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As Negotiations Wrap Up, Teachers Union & NHPS Eye New Contract - New Haven Independent Next up: Mediation. If that doesn't work: Arbitration.

3 months ago

"We know the City and the Board of Education value our work. We believe that will result in a fair contract that prioritizes educator retention and respects all we do for NHPS.” #RealSolutions @leslieblatteau.bsky.social

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Michael

@humanmap87.bsky.social

3 months ago

Only real, tangible solutions can offer this generation a future. Now is the time to ask questions and demand answers.”
#Hashtags:
#RealSolutions #FutureGeneration #AskQuestions #DemandAnswers #ClimateAction #SustainableFuture #NoMoreIllusions #TakeActionNow #RealityCheck #ResponsibilityMatters

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3 months ago

Tapping their superpower to secure #RealSolutions; the accrued gains & benefits of 2 successive #union contract victories are featured in our latest collective bargaining wins report: aftct.org/2025/10/31/l... #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social

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For closed school’s former teachers, new year has posed challenges When New Haven Public Schools suddenly closed Brennan-Rogers Magnet School at the end of last school year amid a school district budget deficit, staff said they were left to handle the sudden news and...

3 months ago

“When we have more one-on-one instruction and we have less students in the classroom, we get more opportunity to really help the students who are really struggling.” #RealSolutions @aftteach.bsky.social

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Wanted: High-Quality, Affordable Health Insurance For Teachers - New Haven Independent As contract negotiations wind down, Metro's Stephen Staysniak calls for NHPS to embrace a state health insurance program.

3 months ago

"For years, unpredictable insurance increases and dangerously high deductibles have driven excellent teachers away from New Haven, including from my own school, Metropolitan Business Academy." #RealSolutions @aftteach.bsky.social

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Some CT schools are finding ways to bring kids back to class. It comes amid chronic absentee rates The latest Connecticut State Department of Education data shows rate of chronic absenteeism since the state began collecting data six years ago.

3 months ago

"The reduction in the school day from seven and a half hours to seven has also proved empirically to help improve attendance." #RealSolutions @hft1018.bsky.social

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PRESS RELEASE: HOME Alliance Slams COP30 Captured by Carbon Markets and Illusionary Fixes like Geoengineering - HOME Alliance

3 months ago

Read our press release to know more: handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr...

#HandsOffMotherEarth #NoGeoengineering #ClimateJustice #NoFalseSolutions #RealSolutions #COP30

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3 months ago

Alejandro: If COP30 is truly meant to do things differently, and ensure just transition pathways are intersectional, we must say no to geoengineering and it's false promises.

#NoGeoengineering #COP30 #HandsOffMotherEarth #ClimateJustice #NoFalseSolutions #RealSolutions

@etcgroup.bsky.social

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3 months ago

"We young people from the Global South do not believe that manipulating and controlling nature will save us from this man made climate crisis."

#NoGeoengineering #COP30 #HandsOffMotherEarth #ClimateJustice #NoFalseSolutions #RealSolutions

@cjaourpower.bsky.social

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3 months ago

🛑 Real solutions do not lie in dangerous, risky and speculative illusionary technological scams that do not address the root causes of climate change

#ClimateJustice #NoGeoengineering #HandsOffMotherEarth #COP30 #CúpulaDosPovos #RealSolutions

@etcgroup.bsky.social @cjaourpower.bsky.social

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3 months ago

🌿 Real solutions rooted in Indigenous knowledge, community led solutions and most importantly, the phasing out of fossil fuels
#ClimateJustice #NoGeoengineering #HandsOffMotherEarth #COP30 #CúpulaDosPovos #NoFalseSolutions #RealSolutions

@foeint.bsky.social @gcdcj.bsky.social

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4 months ago

🖋️ Read and Endorse the manifesto: handsoffmotherearth.org/manifesto/

#NoGeoengineering #HandsOffMotherEarth #COP30 #PeoplesSummit #ClimateJustice #NoFalseSolutions #RealSolutions

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