News Releases and Statements - 2000

• December 29, 2000 President Bob Chase on Rod Paige's nomination as U.S. Secretary of Education
• December 15, 2000 106th Congress Ends - NEA Offers Mixed Grades
• December 11, 2000 Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Ohio Voucher "Scheme"
• December 7, 2000 'The Grinch' Visits Congress
• December 4, 2000 NEA Implores Congress to Pass School Funding
• November 30, 2000 National Education Association Supports Urban Education With Grants for Innovative Programs to Boost Student Achievement
• November 8, 2000 Voters Resoundingly Reject Vouchers
• November 7, 2000 Historic Election Spotlights Education
• November 1, 2000 "WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?!"
• November 1, 2000 Education Support Personnel To Be Recognized November 15, During American Education Week
• November 1, 2000 Parent, Community Involvement Crucial For Successful Education
• October 27, 2000 Superstar Morgan Freeman to Chair NEA's Read Across America
• October 25, 2000 Stalled Congress Sneaks Home to Campaign, Failing to Deliver for Education
• October 24, 2000 Rand Study Derides Bush Education Record
• October 23, 2000 Statement of Bob Chase President, National Education Association On CEC's "Bright Futures for Exceptional Learners" Report
• October 18, 2000 Statement of NEA President Bob Chase On the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Report
• October 17, 2000 A Passionate VP Gore Dominates Working Family and Education Issues in Final Debate
• October 17, 2000 The Nation's Educators Mourn the Loss of Governor Carnahan
• October 3, 2000 The American Public Emerges as the Big Winner in First Debate
• October 2, 2000 Wandering the Halls without a Pass, Bush Distorts Reading Scores
• September 27, 2000 Statement of Dennis Van Roekel Secretary-Treasurer National Education Association On The Glenn Commission Report
• September 26, 2000 White House Drug Czar Joins Forces With the National Education Association to Protect the Nation's Schoolchildren From Drugs and Violence
• September 22, 2000 NEA Honors Sen. Kennedy for Steadfast Leadership in Education
• September 20, 2000 California Research Group Provides Evidence of Voucher Problems
• September 15, 2000 NEA Joins Black Caucus In Call for School Modernization
• September 8, 2000 NEA Names John Wilson New Executive Director
• September 8, 2000 NEA Crisis Guide Wins Business Communications Award
• August 29, 2000 NEA President Finds Much To Cheer in SAT Report
• August 22, 2000 Public Sees Need for Strong Investment in Public Education
• July 31, 2000 NEA Endorses PBS's 'Between the Lions'
• July 6, 2000 NEA's Annual Meeting Concludes with Action on Teacher Quality, Compensation, and Standards
• July 5, 2000 Remarks Delivered by Don Cameron To NEA Representative Assembly, Chicago, Illinois
• July 5, 2000 NEA Debate Demonstrates Complexity of Teacher Pay Issues
• July 5, 2000 NEA Bestows Friend of Education Award On Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
• July 4, 2000 NEA Event Brings Focus to School Safety and Common Sense Gun Controls
• July 4, 2000 New Jerseyite Richard Malizia Addresses NEA Convention
• July 4, 2000 Remarks of Andy Pope, Teacher, Chadron High School, Chadron, Nebraska, To NEA Representative Assembly, Chicago, Illinois
• July 4, 2000 Remarks of Thulas Nxesi, Education International Executive Board Member and General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU), Johannesburg, South Africa, To NEA Representative Assembly, Chicago, Illinois
• July 4, 2000 Remarks of Arlene Thomas, Camden, N.J. School Security Officer, To NEA Representative Assembly, Chicago, Illinois
• July 4, 2000 Remarks of Guillermo Morales, School Safety Program, To NEA Representative Assembly, Chicago, Illinois
• July 4, 2000 ESP of the Year Address, Delivered by Richie Malizia To NEA Representative Assembly, Chicago, Illinois
• July 4, 2000 Remarks as prepared for delivery by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley To the 2000 National Education Association Representative Assembly, Chicago, Illinois
• July 3, 2000 Six Innovative Partnerships Honored by NEA, UAW and Saturn
• July 3, 2000 Keynote by NEA President Bob Chase to NEA Annual Representative Assembly, Chicago, Il.
• July 3, 2000 NEA President Calls on Members To Rescue Standards Movement
• June 22, 2000 NEA Honors California's Villaraigosa, Other Leaders at Human and Civil Rights Awards, July 2
• June 20, 2000 NEA Members Examine Education Improvements At Joint Conference on Concerns of Minorities and Women
• June 20, 2000 NEA Conference Tackles the Standards Movement
• June 20, 2000 NEA Conference to Address Collective Bargaining in New Millennium
• June 20, 2000 Pay for Performance, School Safety Top NEA's Agenda at Annual Meeting in Chicago
• June 15, 2000 School's Out, But Learning's In; Reading Matters --- All Year Long
• June 14, 2000 Confronting the Future of Distance Learning - Placing Quality In Reach; NEA Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Faculty Poll
• May 26, 2000 NEA Mourns the Loss of Slain Florida Teacher; "We are sick at heart"
• May 24, 2000 International Reading Association Endorses NEA Reading Task Force Report
• May 16, 2000 Statement Of Bob Chase, President, National Education Association On The Anniversary Of Brown Vs. The Board Of Education
• May 15, 2000 Remarks by Bob Chase, President, NEA, and Chair, NCATE Executive Board, to the NCATE 2000 Standards Briefing
• May 14, 2000 Remarks of Patti Nielson
  Teacher, Columbine High School, to the Million Mom March
• May 10, 2000 Californian Is National Teacher of the Year 2000; Honoree is NEA/CTA Member
• May 9, 2000 On National Teacher Day, NEA Implores Congress to Act on Gun Legislation
• May 9, 2000 Statement of Bob Chase, NEA President, On Ending Gun Violence and Standing Up for the Safety of America's Children
• May 8, 2000 Statement from NEA President Bob Chase on Scholastic/CCSSO "Teacher Voices 2000" Survey
• May 3, 2000 New Study Shows Cost of School Modernization Has Reached $322 Billion
• May 2, 2000 Countdown To Teacher of the Year 2000
• May 1, 2000 Teachers Help Students Soar
• April 28, 2000 National Education Association Hails Vice President's Call for Proven Programs in Nation's Schools
• April 27, 2000 Safe School-Community Programs In N.C. Ranked Among the Best In the Nation, By the National Education Association
• April 27, 2000 Safe School-Community Programs In Arizona Ranked Among the Best In the Nation
• April 27, 2000 National Education Association Releases Guide To Multicultural Education
• April 14, 2000 NEA Calls on Nation to Honor Columbine with Preventative Action
• April 14, 2000 Statement from NEA President and National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Chairman, Bob Chase on Teacher Preparation Report
• April 13, 2000 Statement of National Education Association President Bob Chase on the National Reading Panel Report on Reading Instruction
• April 10, 2000 Richard Malizia Of Union City, N.J. Awarded $10,000 As The National Education Association's Educational Support Employee Of The Year
• April 7, 2000 NEA Welcomes Darryl Lynette Figueroa As New Media Relations Staff Person
• April 5, 2000 NEA President Bob Chase Hails Neighborhood Teacher Program
• March 28, 2000 MEA & MFT to Celebrate Merger at First Annual Representative Assembly, Missoula
• March 22, 2000 Statement of NEA President Bob Chase Urging the U.S. Senate to Back an Increase in Minimum Wage
• March 21, 2000 NEA and Blackboard Inc. Study Finds 24 Measures of Quality in Internet-Based Distance Learning
• March 17, 2000 The National Foundation for the Improvement of Education and National Education Association Join Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand In Celebration for Grantees
• March 14, 2000 Statement of Bob Chase, National Education Association President, On the Ruling of the Florida Circuit Court To Overturn the Florida Voucher Plan
• March 13, 2000 National Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) Awards 41 Professional Development/ Teacher Leadership Grants
• March 13, 2000 Statement of Bob Chase, President, National Education Association, On HUD's "Teacher Next Door" Initiative
• March 2, 2000 Millions Celebrate Reading as NEA Sets Seuss on the Loose Across the Nation
• March 1, 2000 LeVar Burton Headlines Honorees at First Annual A-Cat-emy Awards
• March 1, 2000 Reading Matters... To Everything Else in Life!
• February 29, 2000 Nation's Governors Sign On for NEA's Read Across America
• February 29, 2000 Cat in the Hat Comes to Wall Street to Raise Awareness of Nationwide Literacy Campaign
• February 29, 2000 Statement of Bob Chase, National Education Association President, on the shooting death of a six-year-old Michigan elementary school student
• February 25, 2000 More Than 30 National Partners Join NEA's Read Across America
• February 23, 2000 American Faculty Poll Shows a Career Rich in Intrinsic Rewards
• February 22, 2000 Statement by NEA President Bob Chase on U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley's State of Education Address
• February 20, 2000 Music Superstar Carlos Santana Helps National Education Association Boost Minority Teacher Recruitment
• February 14, 2000 "Harry Potter" Tops Kids' Favorite Books List
• February 11, 2000 Roma Downey Lends Her Wings to NEA's Read Across America March 2
• February 7, 2000 Cameron To Retire from National Education Association; Longtime Executive Director oversaw enormous growth
• January 27, 2000 President Clinton's State of the Union Address Allows Congress to 'Seize the Day'
• January 20, 2000 Unprecedented Partnership Premieres the NEA Safe Schools Now Network
• January 15, 2000 Remarks by Bob Chase, President, National Education Association to the NEA Western Regional Leadership Conference
• January 12, 2000 Statement of Bob Chase, President of the National Education Association, on the Quality Counts Report
• January 6, 2000 Statement by Bob Chase President of the National Education Association on the Fordham Foundation's Assessment of State Education Standards
• January 5, 2000 Clinton's School Modernization Proposal Could Be A 'Lifesaver' For Nation's Schools