I hope all is well, and that everyone is surviving these times. Like all of you, this just seems to go on and on--with no clear end in...

I hope you were able to enjoy some of this glorious weather this weekend. Finally, spring is here, and it looks like the weather will be...

This statement has the unanimous endorsement of the NTA Executive Committee.

As you are all aware, yesterday Governor Baker closed schools for the remainder of the school year. We are now not quite six weeks into...

COVID-19 Update April 20 I appreciate that, once again, so many of you--1,150--took the survey we sent out last week. I spent a good many...

Trying to bring some normalcy back to the EBulletin, with the COVID-19 update being one part of the overall EBulletin. COVID-19 Update...

This past Wednesday, April 1st, the NTA reached agreement on a second Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Newton Public Schools that...

Dear Colleagues: Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey that I sent to you on March 25. When I closed it on Thursday, nearly...

We have reached an agreement with the district that covers the period from March 11 until April 4, 2020.

The next few days will be a "settling in and taking our bearings" period. I am sure that you have many questions and concerns. I will be...

You just received a phone call from David Fleishman announcing that the Newton Public Schools will be closing tomorrow, for all of next...

We are all struggling to figure out how to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.  To date, neither the Department of Elementary and...

In the previous two posts, I explained two types of paid leaves: (1) the use of sick days to care for oneself when ill or injured, and...

Unit A and B, Article 7, Unit C, Article 9, and Unit E, Article 6—all the same— is called "Leaves of Absence with Pay." This article...

The first thing to note about personal sick leave, is that the benefit is the same for all members of Units A, B, C, and E.  Each...