Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund for NEA Members Hurricane Harvey is having a devastating impact on thousands along the Gulf Coast including educators just starting their school year The NEA Foundation is accepting contributions to support public school educators who are NEA TSTA members affected by Hurricane Harvey personally and at the schools where they work
During the second and third week of August the WEA members ratified the 2017 2018 WEA contracts Both the Certified and the ESP contracts were ratified and will be retro active to July 1 2017 As soon as WEA receives the updated contracts they will be posted on the WEA website
Diane Ravitch posted in her blog Sunday August 13 2017 that one person had died at Charlottesville where white nationalists had gathered for a demonstration to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E Lee She mentioned that it was hard to believe that there is so much hatred and bigotry taking place in<
As you prepare to head back to school this fall we ve put together a panel of your colleagues to offer advice for how to handle the day to day challenges you ll face this coming year In Part 1 they tackle motivation and discipline Later this week they ll dive into stress management How
School funding is a mix of federal state and local funding sources distributed through complex and ever changing formulas making it all too easy for elected leaders to use half truths and lies to slash education budgets and divert taxpayer dollars from public schools Pro public education advocates can t allow that to happen Don
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We have been receiving phone calls and emails requesting updates on our negotiations There is nothing new to report The board of education president reported at their last board meeting in June that they would not be having a last board meeting in June because WEA could not figure out how and when to vote
High performing countries like Finland and Singapore don t chase narrow short term fixes They ensure that high quality teaching takes place in every classroom for every child The Secret to High Performing Nations Success A Respected Professionalized Teaching Force Read More
WEA members attend Summer Leadership with CEA Grants Karry Gertson Diana Grosz and Rosie Jaramillo The other two are members of Boulder
