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 September 2007 Table of Contents

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CoverParents in the Picture

At its best, parent involvement goes beyond bake sales and back-to-school nights. New programs targeting the hardest-to-reach parents pay off for schools and children alike.

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Educators in the Military
Coming Home 
Educators are serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, and more have served in past wars. What’s it like returning home and to school? NEA members share their stories.

Art Contest Winners
The smART Gallery  
A look at the winning entries of NEA’s first student art contest.

Correctional Education
Prison Drama 
Teachers report to prisons and juvenile detention centers every day. Their goal: improving the lives of student-inmates, some of whom will never again live outside prison walls.

Try This!
How To Motivate Your Kids To Learn  
Pizza parties or plain old perspicacity? Educators share their strategies for sparking interest in the classroom
and debate whether students should be rewarded for their work.

ESP
Getting Personal 
Illinois support professionals work together to curb privatization.

The Guide
Off to a Healthy Start
Which hand cleaner is the best? Also, ways to stay healthy this school year.

In Your Words
Who was your favorite teacher when you were in school?

Last Bell
Confessions of a Career-Change
True confessions of a preacher turned teacher.

Editor’s Note
The Parent Trap
Educators are finding new ways to involve oft-absent parents as education partners, and not just as volunteers.

President’s Viewpoint
Getting Parents on Board
A timely refresher on parent involvement

UpFront
Pep rallies based on race? How one school faced the high-stakes testing pressures of the No Child Left Behind law.

Leading the Way
Making Our Voices Heard
With ESEA and presidential nominations on the line, delegates to the 86th NEA Representative Assembly left with a charge to jump-start the political process.

State Report
News reports from Iowa, Washington, Missouri, Virginia and Oregon.

In Person
English teacher Erik Brandt dishes on life as an alternative country singer.

Resources
Grants & Awards, Women’s Leadership Training Program, Drop Everything and Read, Take Note, Books by NEA Members, What's In Print, What's On the Web, Heads Up from NEA Member Benefits, Diversity Calendar, and What's On TV.

 

 

 


 

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