New Report Focuses on Minority Parent Engagement

By Cynthia McCabe A report out today identifies best practices for bridging the minority parent-school divide, compiled from study of leading educational organizations from across the U.S. It also outlines policy recommendations to Congress and the U.S. Department of Education as it prepares to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in the year ahead. [...]

Students Hope to See the DREAM Kept Alive

By Mary Ellen Flannery Oregon teacher Roger Berger has a student that members of Congress should meet. She recently graduated at the top of her class, the winner of a prestigious science award with plans to study pre-med at Stanford University. “She was the most positive student I’ve ever seen — good person, good grades, everything [...]

Eskelsen to Congress: It’s Time to DREAM

By Mary Ellen Flannery There is new hope for Eric Balderas — and the hundreds of thousands of other undocumented students in the United States who would like to attend college or join the military, and grow up into productive, tax-paying residents of this country. Balderas, a biology student on full scholarship to Harvard University [...]

Labor Secretary Speaks to Latino Education Issues

By Mary Ellen Flannery During a speech at NEA headquarters on Friday, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis called on educators to encourage Latino and other students of color to attend college, saying, “My message to you is, we need to work together to empower our young people to have hope.” At the same time, [...]

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 [...]

Connecting Culture to the Classroom for Achievement

By Amy Buffenbarger Diversity in the San Carlos Unified School District in Arizona isn’t amongst the students, it’s between the students and their teachers. The district is located on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, one of the poorest American Indian communities in the United States. One hundred percent of the students are American Indian. [...]

NEA President: Nation Must Close Achievement Gap

By Ilana Kowarski A room packed with members of the U.S. Congress and national business leaders listened as NEA President Dennis Van Roekel issued a call to arms at this past week’s gathering of the Congressional Black Caucus. His message: the nation needs to focus more on public schools to create equal opportunity for all. [...]

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