NEA President: Taft Shooting Underscores Urgent Need to Preven...- After yet another school shooting took place in Taft, California, National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel issued the following statement: "We are shaken and dismayed to learn about yet another school shooting. This time, ... Noodls, 2 weeks ago |
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Dennis Van Roekel: Chicago's Students Deserve Acts of HeroismFor weeks now, teachers, parents and community leaders have been protesting Chicago Public Schools' plan to close 50 schools in what will be the largest single wave of school closures in U.S. history. The media coverage has been dramatic, but what ... Huffington Post, 3 weeks ago
Dennis Van Roekel: Chicago's Students Deserve Acts of Heroism
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Dennis Van Roekel: Common Core State Standards: Get It RightWhen kids first learn to cross the street, we tell them to stop, look both ways and assess the traffic before they proceed. Similarly, when it comes to decisions affecting the education of millions of our nation's public school students, we should ... Huffington Post, 1 month ago
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Dennis Van Roekel: Exposing ALEC's Agenda to Defund and Dismantle Public EducationIron Man 3 just opened this past weekend, followed soon by more would-be blockbusters. I'm sure a lot of these movies will be entertaining, but none will be more important or relevant than a half-hour documentary I recently watched: The United ... Huffington Post, 1 month ago
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NEA HIN Launches New School Safety Fund/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new fund will strengthen the ability of a national nonprofit to deliver school safety programs and services directly to educators. The Jerald L. Newberry School Safety Fund of the NEA Health Information Network (NEA ... TickerTech.com, 13 hours ago
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Arne Duncan Loosens Regs Amid Debate Over 'National School Board'In what some see as a tacit recognition of the Obama administration's overreach into nitty-gritty management of America's schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will give states a reprieve from certain aspects of teacher evaluations' ... AOL Black Voices, 1 day ago
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UN high level-discussion: Indicators and Involvement, Key to Quality EducationQuality education is key to reducing the numbers of children who cannot read and write and those out of school. It is also vital for every individual's potential to become a global citizen. That's according to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, ... Individual.com, 2 days ago
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Declare Your Commitment to the Education Our Children DeservePosted by or from a variety of publications on EducationViews.org on June 12, 2013 in Blogs, Commentaries, Daily, Teachers | 0 Comment Kenneth J. Bernstein - There is a new initiative, titled An Education Declaration to Rebuild America. For ... Education News, 1 week ago
A new Education Declaration for genuine school reform
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Educators' fight for commonsense immigration reform kicks into high gear
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Educators: Students need fair, flexible, and innovative federal education law
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TV highlights: Tony Awards, Season 3 of Falling SkiesThe Washington Post HIGHLIGHTS Now that his two latest shows are over, Nickelodeon uber-producer Dan Schneider brings two of the characters on board a new series, Sam & Cat (Nickelodeon at 8). Sam (Jennette McCurdy from iCarly) and Cat (Ariana ... Washington Post, 1 week ago
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NRA In Action [vs. Gun Banners Inaction]: How the NRA Advanced School Safety When No One Else Would"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Perhaps no single statement divides America between its elite class and everyone else as sharply as NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre'snow-famous saying. On one ... NRA-ILA, 1 week ago
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