AFT Follows Separate Path in Changing Law

The smaller national union is focusing on NCLB reauthorization.

While the National Education Association attacks the nation’s chief education law in the courts, the American Federation of Teachers is pursuing its own strategy aimed at refining the law and correcting the provisions its leaders consider unfair and unworkable.

“NCLB—Let’s Get It Right” is a multifaceted education and advocacy campaign focusing on the aspects of the 3½-year-old federal legislation that have been giving teachers and school districts the most trouble, in the AFT’s view.

Launched in May, the campaign includes print advertisements in national policy publications and radio spots in several large metropolitan areas. Spanish versions will also be...