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PROFILES OF AFT MEMBERS WHO ARE MAKING HEADLINES
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Veteran teacher on campaign trail for her brother, her schools
Presidential candidates, and those working for them, log thousands of miles in an election year. Diana Kerry is no exception-and the message the sister of Democratic presidential contender John Kerry has for teachers across the country is both personal and compelling.
A veteran of almost 30 years in the classroom, Diana Kerry was working as a literacy enrichment teacher at Mary Curley Middle School in Boston two years ago when devastating budget cuts hit. "Pretty much all of the enrichment classes were gone, class sizes went up, and they reassigned...