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Alternative Classrooms
Seeds of Learning
Alabama students move outside to dig into science and other lessons. Get inspired to start your own outdoor classroom.
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Global Learning
Student Exchange
Knock down the geographic and cultural barriers between your students and their peers on the other side of the world by using Internet technology.
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View Point
Fixing Schools Isn’t Everything
David Berliner reveals the answer to school reform—and it can’t be found in schools. Poverty in communities is the real problem.
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NEA History Part 2
Answering the Call
A young Association struggles to rebuild public education during Reconstruction, ban child labor, and improve working conditions for educators at the turn of the century.
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Spotlight
Pension Perils
As more states, most recently Alaska, make the switch from a defined-benefit to a defined-contribution pension system, the safety of your retirement is at risk.
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ESP
Making a Good Impression
Making a good impression on the public and using the media to their advantage can help support professionals in their campaigns for better pay and respect.
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Money
The Feeling is Mutual
Mutual funds can be a great way to pool your money and watch it grow. Learn more about shopping for a good fund, what a “load” means, and where to research funds online. |
People
Blast Off!
When Dee Gibson goes on vacation, she really has a blast—setting off massive explosions as a member of a pyrotechnic team. Also, hear about a South Carolina teacher who raps. |
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Last Bell
Why Work?
An English teacher decries the practice of letting students leave regular classrooms to earn easy credits with little effort in correspondence schools.
Leading the Way
Teacher Power
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UpFront
Who are your students?
Knitters, cell-phone whizzes, and passionate readers during NEA’s Read Across America challenge.
State Report
100 Percent Deception...
Resources
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Editor's Note
Tune In...
President's Viewpoint
Sharing Our Enthusiasm for Reading
That's Funny!
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Debate
Should teachers wear business attire to school? |
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Yes.
If educators want to be paid and treated as professionals, we should carry ourselves as professionals.
No.
Form follows function and never is that more true than in defining “professional attire” in a school setting.
Read more of their rationales or cast your vote.
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Is Smaller Better?
