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Velma Murphy Hill

Velma Murphy Hill, a former vice president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), is also the former civil and human rights director for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Authored Blog Posts

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Amazon Workers: The Struggle For Human Rights And Workplace Dignity Mar 24, 2021
Applying Pressure Politics When It Counts The Most Dec 08, 2020
A Tribute To Nat LaCour Oct 27, 2020

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Recent Blog Posts

  • School Nurses: We Have Been Here All Along
  • Let’s Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week by Acknowledging and Repairing A VERY Broken System
  • Sidney Hillman’s Legacy: Honoring a Free Press, Advancing Workers’ Rights
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  • It Takes a Community to Raise a Reader

Publications

  • Voting Rights and Disability Rights Blog Series
    This blog series builds on an event ASI co-sponsored with The Century Foundation where U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and a distinguished group of experts discussed the threat to voting rights and why it is critical to protect them, especially for people with disabilities, and what Congress is considering doing to protect voting rights for all Americans.
  • The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (fourth edition)

    A national evaluation of the K-12 school finance systems of all 50 states and D.C., published by researchers from the Albert Shanker Institute and Rutgers Graduate School of Education.

  • Constitution Day 2021 Blog Series

    In honor of Constitution Day (September 17th), this blog series invites teachers and leaders in the field of civics and democracy education to address the question: Why is it important to teach the Constitution?

Blog Archives

  • May 2022 (3)
  • April 2022 (3)
  • March 2022 (5)
  • February 2022 (4)
  • January 2022 (3)

Our Mission

The Albert Shanker Institute, endowed by the American Federation of Teachers and named in honor of its late president, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to three themes - excellence in public education, unions as advocates for quality, and freedom of association in the public life of democracies. With an independent Board of Directors (composed of educators, business representatives, labor leaders, academics, and public policy analysts), its mission is to generate ideas, foster candid exchanges, and promote constructive policy proposals related to these issues.

This blog offers informal commentary on the research, news, and controversies related to the work of the Institute.

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