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November 1, 2008
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AFT Innovation Fund to support 'bottom-up' reform

TAKING A LONG TRADITION of union-led education reform to a new level, the AFT in September announced the creation of the AIT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to be funded by the union and philanthropies to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects developed by members to strengthen our public schools.

The Innovation Fund will provide financial and organizational resources for educator- and union-generated ideas that aim to meet our nation's goal of giving each child a world-class education (see October 2008 American Teacher, Where We Stand). The AFT is committing an initial and unprecedented investment of ...

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