Ahead in Ed – November 1

NEA’s Director of Campaigns and Elections, Karen White, is scheduled to appear live on C-Span’s popular television program, Washington Journal from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. She is going to talk about the prominent role NEA has played in the 2010 elections on behalf of its 3.2 million members.

Public Education Supporters Make Final Election Push Today

By Cynthia McCabe It’s a sprint to the finish for backers of candidates who support public education. This weekend, in between trick-or-treating and watching football, they dialed from phonebanks (even NEA President Dennis Van Roekel made calls), knocked on doors and waved signs for the candidates who they know will make a difference for the [...]

Must Reads – NEA and the Midterms

The National Education Association has “dedicated a significant amount of energy” to get its 3.2 million members to vote on November 2. With education reform on the agenda for Congress and the White House, electing pro-public education candidates is critical for NEA and educators. Source: The Atlantic

Retired Educators Taking Action on Social Security

By Cynthia McCabe NEA members concerned about getting back in retirement the money they earned during their public service careers plan to take action next month to ensure that happens. On Dec. 1, a bipartisan group will release recommendations that could have a far-reaching impact on the retirement of educators and other public servants. That [...]

Must Reads – Aid Increases with Tuition

While tuition and fees has increased at public and private universities, the amount of financial aid offered also increased. Source: New York Times

Must Reads – More Schools Struggling with NCLB Standards

Nine out of ten high schools in Illinois, including many of the “state’s academic powerhouses,” missed testing benchmarks this year. In one school, students with learning disabilities fell short of the testing target and “the entire school failed as a result, revealing one of the troubling limits of the law: Schools that narrowly miss the [...]

Educators Pitch In to Mobilize Latino Vote

NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen joined other Latino leaders this past weekend to urge the 10,000 newly-registered Hispanic citizens in Las Vegas to turn out to vote. This past weekend marked the start of early voting in Las Vegas, and Latino voters are being encouraged to head to the polls and elect candidates who will [...]

Must Reads – Students Learn by Teaching

Researches have found that “students will work harder, reason better, and ultimately understand more by learning to teach someone else—even a virtual “teachable agent”—than they will when learning for themselves.” Source: Education Week

Must Reads – Teacher Recruitment Campaign

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and actor/teacher Tony Danza addressed hundreds of high school and college students in Philadelphia to highlight the “need to replace an estimated 1 million teachers expected to retire in the next few years.” Source: Teacher Magazine

Ahead in Ed – November 9

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) will host a  webcast “Food Allergies and Schools: Keeping Students Safe and Ready to Learn” at 2pm EST. Registration is now open.

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