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May 2002 Table of Contents
 Cover Story:
English Lessons- When students don't speak English, what's the best route to classroom success--and high test scores?
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- Debate
- Should All Students Be Bilingual?
- Idahoans Rally Against Budget Cuts
- NEA members and a broad array of supporters urge lawmakers to make education a priority.
- Getting Through the Rough Patches
- A Virginia mentor program pairs new teachers with NEA-Retired members, while a broad partnership pays the bills.
- Forget About Buying That Cape Cod on Lovely Cape Cod
- Metro educators are being priced out of the housing market. One solution: Expand the HUD Teacher Next Door Program.
- Rights Watch
- High Court rejects parent's claim that the practice violates students' rights.
- Interview
- NEA president reflects on quality issues and a 'lifeline' to students.
- Innovators
- A curriculum uses oral histories and other local resources to teach children about their world.
- Problems & Solutions
- Vermont Poetry Project connects student poets with online mentors.
- Reading
- A North Carolina elementary school is beating the odds, thanks to a special partnership between teachers and reading researchers.
- Inside Scoop
- From student teachers to veterans, NEA members can do and are doing a lot to improve classroom practice.
- ESP on the Team
- Georgia bus drivers rally for safety standards.
- Tips for the Wired Classroom
- You'll Flip Over Backflip.com
- Letters
- Readers react to the April 2002 issue of NEA Today.
- President's Viewpoint:
A Letter to Zoe
- My first grandchild, Zoe Simone Kilgore, was born March 18, 2002.
- My Turn
- Working with special needs students showed this teacher how education enriches the lives of all students.
- Health
- Helping Children with Sickle Cell Disease
- Money
- Is Summer Vacation Worth It?
- People
- Cleaning Up on the Court
- Resources
- The best in TV, books, contests, awards. Plus, the Diversity Calendar
- In the Light Lane
- When Your Water Breaks
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