The White House Praises NEA’s Anti-Bullying Campaign

By Mary Ellen Flannery Northern Virginia teacher Jaim Foster stood in the Oval Office today and delivered a personal message to President Barack Obama about bullying: It needs to stop, so that every child can be safe and successful. Foster was joined in his trip to the White House by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel [...]

Can You Stand Up to Bullying?

By Mary Ellen Flannery Just one caring adult can make all the difference in the world to a bullied child, research shows. One caring adult can keep them from dropping out of school. One caring adult can even save their life. NEA is asking you to be that adult. NEA’s Bully Free: It Starts With Me, [...]

Let’s Move! Campaign Celebrates a Year of Healthier School Lunches

By Cindy Long It’s been one year since First Lady Michelle Obama urged schools to serve healthier meals as part of her Let’s Move! Campaign to fight childhood obesity, and school lunches are already looking a whole lot leaner.  Food service professionals — longtime advocates of boosting nutrition levels in school meals — are doing [...]

Snow Days Mean No Pay For Some Support Professionals

By Kevin Hart From Maine to Michigan to Montana, nothing brings a smile to Snow Belt students’ faces faster than a snow day. But these unscheduled interruptions to the school year have a dark side for many hourly and per-diem education support professionals, who may experience lost wages and lighter paychecks when school is canceled. [...]

Education Support Professionals, Teachers Talk Indoor Air Quality

By Lance Fuller Amy Courson-Brock likens herself to a canary. Although she may not sing in mines to help miners detect deadly gases, she advocates for cleaner air quality in public schools. About four years ago, the windows in her classroom at Heritage Elementary in Homer, Ill., were shortened with some sections replaced with regular [...]

Does Bullying Really Get Better?

By Mary Ellen Flannery High-profile and heartbreaking incidents of student bullying have happened so frequently in recent months, especially among gay and lesbian students, that there’s a new word for the phenomenon: bullicide. And it’s left educators and parents alike wondering—just what in the world are we doing wrong? How is it some of our [...]

Unsung Heroes Saluted on Education Support Professionals Day

By Celeste Busser Schools across the country are joining the National Education Association and its 3.2 million members today in celebrating Education Support Professionals Day. Among the day’s events and activities are appreciation breakfasts, luncheons and other celebrations to honor the individuals who work behind the scenes to support students and help schools run smoothly. [...]

Nation’s Public Schools Celebrate American Education Week

By Celeste Busser Starting today, the National Education Association joins the nation in celebrating American Education Week, which will be held November 14-20. The annual commemoration, now in its 89th year, shines a spotlight on the important work of creating great public schools for all of our students. The week’s theme, Great Public Schools: A [...]

Why One Paraprofessional Wakes At 5 a.m. to Campaign

By Steve Lemken Jean Fay works with kindergartners as a paraprofessional at Crocker Farm Elementary School in Amherst, Mass. It’s a full day teaching students how to read. She’s done it for 13 years. She loves her work. She knows what an education means to her students and what it will take for them to [...]

School Bus Drivers Build Wheelchair Ramp for Student

By Ron Sniffin It was a Saturday morning – their day off — but after working all week a group of bus drivers from Cheyenne, Wyo., came together to help a special needs student by building a wheelchair ramp at his home. Week after week, these education support professionals — bus drivers and support staff [...]

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