The Advocate Archives

The Advocate is the official publication of the Florida Education Association. A service to FEA members, The Advocate is published biannually by FEA. Click on the covers below to jump to that issue.

Fall 2021

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Fall 2021

Cover Story: They love their students — will they stay?

We talk to four early career educators about what they love about their work, what needs to change and what they think about their futures in Florida’s public schools. Rebecca Schempp started teaching the school year that Covid struck. “My biggest thing,” she says, “is to not give up on yourself.”

This story appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of The Advocate

Spring 2021

Cover Story: A ‘rock star’ of advocacy

Now 92, the “Legendary Ulysses Floyd” has been standing up for students, educators and public schools for more than six decades, from the time he entered the classroom in 1958 to the Zooming reality of today. “I can’t see myself not being a part of what’s going on.”

Congress: Ensure Public Schools Are Protected Spaces for our Students

We are joining the call to ensure our public schools, places of worship, and hospitals are treated as protected places. We must ensure that our public schools remain safe places…

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Educators and Workers Continue to Vote for Their Unions; It’s Time to Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money  

Today, despite the ever-changing obstacles put in their way, educators in the state of Florida—for the 200th consecutive time—voted to recertify their local union.To date, locals of the Florida Education…

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Florida’s Teacher and Staff Vacancies Signal a Retention Crisis at a Breaking Point

The latest teacher and staff vacancy numbers are out, and the most recent data shows an uptick in teacher and staff vacancies, meaning that public schools all over the state…

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