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NEA: Today's Teacher Issues
What is the portrait of today's teacher in the United States? The National Education Association has outlined the characteristics and issues facing the profession.
teaching • changes • nea • teacher education • teacher shortage

NEA Dropout Plan
The National Education Association has developed 12 action steps to address the dropout crises in the United States.
nea announces dropout plan • nea 12 step plan • how to prevent dropouts • make school more relevant • graduation centers

2003 NEA Holiday Comics Special, by Jef Mallett, Creator of Frazz
Touching holiday stories are a seasonal mainstay, but a sincere holiday story fashioned in an “operatic, rhyming poem” comic strip series? Now that’s something see. This year, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) has kept up the tradition begun in 1937 by offering Jef Mallett the opportunity to create the annual comics Christmas special. He met the challenge with “A Mall and the Right Visitor,” which began on December 1 and ends on Christmas Day. (Please see link below.)
nea holiday special • jef mallett • frazz • united media • mrs. olsen

2004 NEA Holiday Special: Spotting Santa by Spot the Frog creator Mark Heath
The joyous, festive, heartwarming season has come ‘round again. It is time to announce this year’s NEA Holiday Special, beginning November 29th and running until Chrismas Day, (drum roll, please). Ta da! Presenting … "Spotting Santa", by Spot the Frog creator Mark Heath! 
spot the frog • spotting santa • mark heath • nea holiday special • united media features syndicate

Give the Holiday Gift of Reading
Reading comprehension skills may have declined, but giving books during the holidays has the dual potential of increasing future reading levels and being an ideal gift.
national endowment of the arts reading report • to read or not to read • nea • american reading levels • giving books

NCLB & the NEA
The National Education Association held its annual convention this week and the main topic was the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law - and how to change it...
nclb • nea • reauthorization • education • special education

NEA Supports Obama
The National Education Association has voted to endorse the Democratic candidate since 1976. But, this year it was with much less fanfare.
nea lukewarm about obama • obama education issues • school vouchers • obama merit pay • mccain vouchers

Teacher Salaries Cut By Inflation
Inflation was 3.9 percent in 2007. Teacher salaries increased by 2.9 percent on average. If this trend continues, teachers will be receiving pay cuts each year.
teacher salaries shrinking • cost of living greater than teacher raises • male teachers declining • per student funding • average teacher salaries

Appreciating Teachers
With many Teacher Appreciation Day/Week events coming up in the next few months, this article gives a little of the history of Teacher Appreciation Day, and some links to those who deserve appreciation for their work with children.
teacher appreciation • national teacher day • teachers • helen keller • maria montessori

Read Across America
Set to coincide with the birthday of the beloved children's author, Dr. Seuss, Read Across America Day will be celerated on March 2, 2001. Checkout this article to see many reading and Reading Across America ideas that can be used for your own celebration in March, or at any other time during the year.
read across america • reading • dr. seuss • books • national education association

Teachers and Drug Abuse
Hawaii teachers may be facing close scrutiny if proposed legislation passes. Public school teachers may face mandatory testing for drug use because of recent problems.
drug abuse • meth • cocaine • teachers • nea

Teachers' Time on Task
Middle-school teachers in the United States are teaching for hundreds of hours more than their international colleagues. But what is being taught and why?
middle school • teachers • teaching time • eighth-grade • students

A Need for Quality Teachers
Many people see current teachers as under-qualified. Thus, it is essential to attract top students to the teaching profession.
quality teachers • get top students teach • teacher salary • pay for teachers • teaching problems

Bill Meddick, Creator of Monty
The comic strip Monty was not developed in a flash of inspiration or as a singular effort at designing a cartoon. Bill Meddick advanced his cartooning career by drawing a strip aimed at promoting Robotman toy merchandise. The comic evolved in a twisted fashion, with all of the original robot and alien characters erased and the human nerd Monty now as the lead. Puzzling, isn’t it?
robotman • monty • bill meddick • cartoon • cartoonist

Dr. Seuss: Celebrate the Seussentennial
What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book? If you are a child, were a child, or know a child, you MUST know the beloved works of Dr. Seuss.
dr. seuss • children's book • the 500 hats fo bartholomew cubbins • the lorax • how the grinch stole christmas

American Education Week
Just as the Emmys give Hollywood a chance to honor their own, public school employees have AEW as a chance to recognize all hard-working public school employees.
american education week • teacher appreciation • staff appreciation • administrator appreciation • school board appreciation

Teacher Behaviors After School
What would you think if you saw your child's teacher on MySpace saying and doing questionable things? It is not happening in school. Should this matter?
free speech • first ammendment • myspace • privacy • inapprioriate behaviors

Swine Flu Lessons in Schools
What educators and schools need to know about the H1N1 swine flu and seasonal flu in schools - symptoms and prevention tips from the CDC and the NEA.
swine flu schools • h1n1 • seasonal flu advice • seasonal flu school • swine flu symptoms

Poor Reasons to Choose Teaching as a Career
Considering that becoming a teacher takes paying for a college degree, you should make the decision for the right reasons.
reasons to choose teaching • teaching career • becoming a teacher • teaching degree • college degree

Preventing the Homework Hassle
It's back to school season and that means homework. These simple and effective strategies help parents eliminate the nightly frustrations often created by homework.
homework • parenting • elementary school children • school success • single parents

Chip Sansom, Creator of The Born Loser
For cartoonist Chip Sansom, The Born Loser has been more like the “born winner” to him. Chip apprenticed with his father, Art Sansom, originator of the comic strip, and slipped full-time into the creative seat after the senior Sansom died in 1991. The Born Loser cartoon is enjoyed around the world, proving that “everyman” humour is universally understood.
the born loser • chip sansom • arthur sansom • cartoons • cartooning

Elections in Greece: Joining Euro with Simitis
The general elections in Greece have confirmed the government of Costas Simitis. The prime minister's Socialist party PASOK has won an absolute majority, but the Conservative opposition ND has come a lot closer. Under Simitis' leadership Greece has made large progress in many fields. In foreign affairs the relations with Turkey and Macedonia have improved and the country has finally learnt to keep at distance its traditional ally Serbia. Concerning the economy inflation and debt have been reduced, growth has been steady and the stock market has soared. Simitis has reached these results focussing all efforts on the country´s struggle for joining the euro zone, an ambition that could soon be accomplished. Thanks to the prime minister's sober and steady style Greek democracy has finally left behind large part of the embarrassing scandals and muck that characterized the government of his predecessor Andreas Papandreou. Democracy has returned to where it started and it starts looking quite respectable.
simitis • costas • karamanlis • greece • hellas

What about charter schools?
This article defines charter schools and separates it from the voucher system. Examples are given of successful charter schools while discussing some of the problems and solutions.
charter schools • vouchers • public education • communities and education • education reform

Future Look of Education
Thomas Frey envisions education to be a vast selection of courseware topics available economically to everyone of all ages and about all topics.
future trends in education • predicting educational trends • courseware • nea • grants

What is Outsider Art?
How is Outsider Art different from Folk Art? Why is it Important? From prisons, to mental institutions, to rural areas, Outsider artists often live outside the mainstream
folk art • outsider art • what is outsider art • james hampton • altar

Special Report: Freedom of Artistic Expression and (Neo-)Conservative Politics Do Not Mix
Art and politics are more closely interwoven than may be initially believed. This article takes a look at censorship of he visual arts and why the outcome of 2 November will affect what we will be "allowed" to view.
censorship • politics • bush

Parental Involvement and Education
Parental involvement is a vital ingredient in a child's education. Without this key aspect, children are less likely to succeed academically.
parental involvement • pta • learning at home • school events • school policies

The Big Read
In the last six months, The Big Read initiative by the NEA has created a list of books that many communities around the country were reading together.
big read • national endowment for the arts • to kill a mockingbird • great gatsby • a lesson before dying

Vigo – Spain's Art Heritage is Alive in Museums
Early Celts settled in Galicia, in northern Spain, beginning an artistic tradition that lives on today in Vigo's vibrant art scene and in its public galleries.
vigo spain cruise port • spanish art heritage • museums prehistoric contemporary • artistic treasures • celts settled gallicia

Robert B. Laughlin - Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Robert B. Laughlin shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theoretical framework explaining fractional quantum Hall effect.
robert b laughlin • fractional quantum hall effect • stanford • bell labs • lawrence livermore national laboratory

Teacher/Parent Conferences (Teacher Tips)
Parent/Teacher conferences are supposed to be encouraged. However, sometimes, teachers avoid them like they're the plague. I will do practically everything else to resolve an unfortunate situation before I set one up. It's like the absolute last straw with me. I guess some of the reasons some teachers don't pursue Parent/Teacher conferences more is:
parent • teacher • situations • behaviour • attitudes

Virtual Learning
High schools go virtual. Students can now supplement in-class work with online course work. Find out who's doing it and what benefits are offered.
education • online • internet • learning • high school

Becoming a Teacher
There are many considerations should you pursue before you decide to invest in a teaching career.
becoming a teacher • deciding to teach • questions about teaching • reasons to teach • teaching career

Efforts to Improve Literacy in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia's African American bookstores, places like Shrine of the Black Madonna and Medu, are champions in the city's effort against illiteracy.
bookstores in atlanta • literacy rates • atlanta literary community • national endowment for the arts • shrine of the black madonna

Havana, Cuba: Vedado Neighborhood
Plaza de la Revolución, an 11-acre square on a slight hill in Havana, is surrounded by government ministries. It's a 30-minute walk up Calle Paseo from the Malecon.
vedado havana cuba • revolution square • plaza de la revolución • josé martí memorial • calle paseo

Keeping the Public Informed During a Crisis
"Bush Conspired against Blacks," CNSNews.com and "Thousands Dead," CNN.com; were news headlines that may have resulted from an ineffective crisis communication strategy.
information management • disaster management • leadership • crisis collaboration • disaster responsibility

Preventing Dropouts
Massachusetts, Iowa and Hawaii have programs tying in real-world experiences with education. The plans are working.
dropout prevention programs • mentoring • dropout solutions • project coffee • project connect

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