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Current Events
Confronting Controversy
Wire-tapping, war, and the aftermath of 9/11—educators wrestle with how to cover these hot topics and other headline news in the classroom.
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Editor’s Note
Then and Now
When you look beyond the hairstyles and hemlines, it’s obvious how much has changed in our schools in the past generation.
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Where We Teach
Playing the Odds
Booming Las Vegas draws thousands of new teachers each year, but many of them will leave the profession within the first five years. What’s behind this exodus?
Hint: It’s not the kids.
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ESP
Vocations, Not Vacations
The kids were gone, but school wasn’t out—more than half of all support professionals worked this summer, getting a head start on the school year.
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Health & Fitness
Pandemic or Panic?
It’s impossible to predict, but here’s what you—and your school—can do in the face of avian flu fears.
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People
Teacher of the Year, ESP of the Year
One has dedicated her career to helping the neediest students and promoting literacy, while the other tirelessly works to improve her school and speak up for her colleagues: Meet the nation’s Teacher of the Year and NEA’s ESP of the Year.
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Last Bell
Remote Control
As technology becomes more common in schools and more sophisticated, will it be used to tell you how to teach?
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Leading the Way
‘No More Excuses’
Delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly left with a charge to bring the push for great public schools back to their communities.
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UpFront
Using Katrina’s aftermath to undermine labor rights.
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State Report
Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, and Montana.
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President’s Viewpoint
Educators are on the front lines of a seismic shift in the makeup of America’s public schools. |
Resources
Best of the Web and TV, Grants and Awards, Books by NEA Members |
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Debate
Should technology be used in every classroom?
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Yes.
They’ll learn how important technology is for conducting research and how best to leverage it for that purpose.
No.
Overuse of technology has inadvertently provided students with a deck of “get out of work free” cards.
Read more of their rationales or cast your vote.
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