National Teacher Day Honors America’s Teachers

Throughout National Teacher Week, May 7-11, thousands of communities across the country take time to express their gratitude to local educators and to acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in ensuring that every student receives a quality education. This year, the National Education Association teamed up withParenting magazine for two groundbreaking projects that highlight teachers’ [...]

Teaching Me About Teaching

Writing about the importance of  National Teacher Appreciation Week, New York Times columnist Charles Blow says teachers have been so maligned in the national debate that it’s hard to attract our best and brightest to the profession. “If we want better educational outcomes, we need to attract better teachers — and work to retain them. A good [...]

Students More Likely to be Fit When Physical Education is Mandatory

Fifth graders in California public school districts that comply with the state’s mandatory physical education requirement are more likely to have better fitness levels than students in districts that don’t comply, according to a new study. Source: Health Behavior News Service

5 Ways Teacher Unions Advocate for Students and Educators

Membership in NEA gets educators in the door to the nation’s largest professional employee organization, one that advocates fiercely for education professionals and their students, at all levels. Here are five of the many ways the NEA team advocates for students and educators. Source: Education Votes

How Video Games and Social Media Benefit the Classroom

A paper released earlier this week by the Brookings Institution addresses how social media, blogs and video games are improving education by increasing access to people and information in various forms, including Twitter feeds, blog posts, videos and books. Source: The Hechinger Report

Nation’s Largest Urban School Voucher Program Doesn’t Produce Better Results than Public Schools

A study on students enrolled in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) found little differences between voucher students and those attending Milwaukee Public Schools overall, according to a recent academic review. Source: Great Lakes Center

5 Ways Teacher Unions Have Bargained to Help their Students

Teachers are used to hearing the same old song and dance: “We love you, but hate your union.” What many people fail to realize is that the unions are the teachers, and bargaining isn’t all about teacher pay and benefits, but also about helping students achieve success.Here are five examples of how educators are using [...]

Ideas for Encouraging Students to Read this Summer

Reading research indicates that many children’s reading ability declines between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next. While it is challenging to require or monitor students’ summer reading, a sixth grade teacher offers some suggestions for launching a school-wide summer reading initiative that encourages more children to read during summer break. [...]

Schools Find Active Kids Make Smarter Students

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a paper in 2010 urging more physical activity for students because of the health and academic benefits. Local results at an elementary school in Minnesota echo the growing body of research showing this connection. Source: Star Tribune

The Corruptive Influence of High-Stakes Testing

Under No Child Left Behind, students as young as 6 or 7 years old are subjected to weeks of preparation for high stakes tests. “Tests shouldn’t be used to punish schools, as is the case under NCLB, or to pigeonhole students or their teachers,” writes NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. “We should use assessments to [...]

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