News Releases and Statements - 2001

• December 11, 2001 Education Bill: Right Goals, Wrong Means
• December 7, 2001 Nevada Teacher Receives $25,000 NEA Foundation Award for Excellence
• December 7, 2001 NEA Announces Urban Grant Winners
• December 6, 2001 It's Clutch Time for Education Bill
• November 29, 2001 Current Challenges Require More From Ed Bill
• November 20, 2001 Statement by Bob Chase, President of the National Education Association on the Announcement of New National Board Certified Teachers
• November 19, 2001 NEA Launches Web Site to Meet Health Need
• November 16, 2001 NEA President Says Inadequate Parental Involvement is Major Obstacle to True Education Reform
• November 16, 2001 All in the Family: Educating Our Children in Post-September 11 America, Remarks by Bob Chase, President, National Education Association Before the National Press Club
  
• November 9, 2001 American Indian Education on the Upswing
• November 7, 2001 NEA and NALEO Join Forces on Behalf of Hispanic Students (En Espanol)
• November 7, 2001 House and Senate on Track to Aid Schools
• November 1, 2001 American Education Week, Nov. 11-17, 2001 (En Espanol)
• November 1, 2001 Teaching the Values That Make America Strong (En Espanol)
• October 31, 2001 Statement of NEA President Bob Chase on Report Finding Enhanced School Safety
• October 25, 2001 Statement of NEA President Bob Chase on Learning First Alliance Safe Schools Report
• October 24, 2001 NEA President Bob Chase Remarks - News Conference on Economic Stimulus Package
• October 23, 2001 Smarter Testing -- New Guide for States
• October 22, 2001 NEA Ad Campaign Stresses Teachers' Role in Making Public Schools Great for Every Child
• October 18, 2001 National Conference Tackles Low-Performing Public Schools
• October 16, 2001 NEA Lauds President's Fund for Afghan Children
• October 3, 2001 NEA to Congress: Remember Tomorrow's Heroes
• October 2, 2001 Statement by Bob Chase President of the National Education Association On the Release of MetLife Survey of the American Teacher 2001
• September 25, 2001 U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Voucher Case
• September 20, 2001 Message from NEA President Bob Chase Regarding the NEAFT September 11 Fund
• September 8, 2001 Reaching Education Goals Requires Investment
• August 30, 2001 Young Teachers Flee the Profession
• August 28, 2001 Nation's Largest Teachers Union Applauds SAT Results
• August 13, 2001 Bleak Budget Outlook Puts Squeeze on States
• July 25, 2001 NEA Issues Challenge for White House Early Childhood Conference
• July 24, 2001 NEA Report Links Quality Higher Education to Economic Health
• July 19, 2001 Key Education Groups Make Plea for Special Ed
• July 11, 2001 NEA Supports Campaign Finance Reform Bill
• July 7, 2001 NEA Representative Assembly Strengthens Positions on Charter Schools, Testing and Help for Low-Performing Schools
• July 7, 2001 Educational Support Professional of Year Addresses NEA Convention
• July 6, 2001 Teacher of the Year Challenges Fellow Educators
• July 6, 2001 Ohio Education Association President Claims Position on NEA's Executive Committee
• July 6, 2001 National Education Association Elects New Members to Executive Committee
• July 6, 2001 NEA Approves Partnership Agreement With AFT
• July 5, 2001 Harrisburg Science Teacher Lands Position on NEA's Executive Committee
• July 5, 2001 Mississippi Teacher Lands Position on NEA's Executive Committee
• July 5, 2001 NEA's New Policy Raises Standards, Accountability for Public Charter Schools
• July 5, 2001 Statement of Bob Chase, President of the National Education Association On the Designation of a Task Force for Resolution New B
• July 4, 2001 NEA President Calls on Members to Rescue Low-Performing Schools
• July 4, 2001 Random Acts of Kindness
• July 2, 2001 Statement of Bob Chase, President of the National Education Association On the Consideration of Resolution New B
• June 25, 2001 NEA Hails New Report on School Technology Needs
• June 18, 2001 NEA Today Wins Top Publishing Honor
• June 15, 2001 Rules Regarding Press Credentials at the NEA Representative Assembly
• June 15, 2001 NEA Takes on School Safety, Low-Performing Schools at 2001 Annual Meeting
• June 14, 2001 Education Bill Faces Giant Test in Conference
• June 14, 2001 Report Shows Widening Salary Gap Between Tenured and Non-Tenured Faculty
• June 13, 2001 School Repair Tests House Commitment to Education
• June 12, 2001 Senate Should Give Vouchers Ritual Rejection
• June 6, 2001 NEA- Saturn-UAW Honor Innovative Partnerships To Improve Teacher Quality
• June 1, 2001 Garth Brooks to Chair National Literacy Event
• May 31, 2001 "The Issue is Not -- To Test or Not To Test"
• May 29, 2001 Utah High School Student Honored by the National Education Association
• May 29, 2001 NEA Honors Georgia Lawyer
• May 29, 2001 NEA Honors New Jersey Educator
• May 29, 2001 NEA Announces 2001 Human & Civil Rights Award Winners
• May 29, 2001 NEA Focuses on Low-Performing Schools At Joint Conference on Concerns of Minorities and Women
• May 29, 2001 Education Secretary Paige to Keynote NEA Conference
• May 29, 2001 Helping Schools, Students of Greatest Need Tops Agenda at NEA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles
• May 23, 2001 No Matter What Party, Jeffords is an Education Leader
• May 21, 2001 The National Education Association and Court TV Present a Nationally Televised One-Hour Special on Media Literacy
• May 18, 2001 House Leadership Hijacks Education Bill
• May 17, 2001 NEA Study Shows Growing Need for Teachers, Investments in Public Education
• May 16, 2001 NEA Names New Director for School System Capacity
• May 16, 2001 North Carolina Educator/Children's Advocate To Lead NEA's Student Achievement Programs
• May 15, 2001 Make or Break Week in Congress for Education
• May 10, 2001 19 Million Children Left Behind in Budget Vote
• May 9, 2001 Key Teachers' and Principals' Groups Protest Elimination of Teacher- and Principal-In-Residence Programs
• May 9, 2001 National Education Leader to Address Hispanic Community on May 14
• May 8, 2001 Nation's Teachers Mark Budget "Incomplete"
• May 4, 2001 Nation's Teachers Laud Bipartisan Support for Special Education
• May 3, 2001 Vouchers Stripped from House Bill
• April 26, 2001 Reform Without Resources Won't Produce Results
• April 25, 2001 Nation's Teachers Demand Reform with Results
• April 20, 2001 New Mexico's Irma Valdespino Honored as NEA's Educational Support Person of Year
• April 17, 2001 Snider Named NEA Manager of Advertising and Broadcast Services
• April 12, 2001 What Leaving No Child Behind Requires
• April 11, 2001 "Who Wants to Be a Teacher?"
• April 9, 2001 Bipartisan Success in Senate a Prime Benchmark for Bush Budget
• April 5, 2001 NEA Guidebook to Help Colleges Figure Costs of Online Learning
• April 4, 2001 NEA Presents a 'Compass' to Navigate Standards and Tests
• April 2, 2001 NEA Names New Director for Teacher Quality
• March 29, 2001 NEA Applauds Ferguson-Kennedy Bill To Fully Fund IDEA
• March 29, 2001 A Bright Idea: The New IDEA Survival Guide
• March 26, 2001 School Change Needs Teacher Input, Public Discussion
• March 23, 2001 Stop Everything to Listen and Tell!!
• March 22, 2001 House Action on Education Bleak and Not Bipartisan
• March 14, 2001 School Modernization Bill Just Common Sense
• March 8, 2001 NEA Lauds Historic Commitment To Low-Performing Schools
• March 7, 2001 NEA Hails Bipartisan Muscle in IDEA Funding Bill
• March 6, 2001 Statement of NEA President Bob Chase on Princeton's Small Class Size Study
• March 5, 2001 Statement from NEA President Bob Chase on California School Shooting
• March 5, 2001 Bipartisan Poll Shows Public Undivided on Key Education Reforms
• March 2, 2001 "Oh, the Places We Read" Millions Celebrate NEA's Read Across America
• March 2, 2001 NEA's Read Across America Attracts Pols from Both Sides of the Aisle
• March 2, 2001 Teens 'Get It' - Reading Matters
• March 1, 2001 Federal Court Rejects Vouchers Again
• February 28, 2001 Who's Got Game? NEA's Read Across America, That's Who
• February 23, 2001 Celebrity Book Choices Launch NEA's Read Across America
• February 22, 2001 NEA-Funded Edison School Studies Released Today
• February 20, 2001 Standards Report Fuels Confidence in Public Schools
• February 20, 2001 Statement of the National Education Association On the Committee for Education Funding's Five Cents Makes Sense Campaign
• February 15, 2001 Voucher Advocates Cook Data Again
• February 13, 2001 NEA Sends Congress a Valentine Message
• February 1, 2001 NEA President Outlines Legislative Action Plan for Nation's Children and Teachers
• February 1, 2001 NEA's Read Across America Set for March 2
• January 23, 2001 Vouchers Ignore Bush's Chance To "Unite" Rather Than "Divide"
• January 19, 2001 NEA Vows To Help Bush Administration Keep "Leave No Child Behind" Pledge
• January 12, 2001 Statement by NEA President Bob Chase on the Nomination of Elaine Chao
• January 10, 2001 Statement by Bob Chase, President of the National Education Association, on the release of Quality Counts
• January 9, 2001 NEA Opposes Ashcroft as Attorney General
• January 9, 2001 Statement by NEA President Bob Chase on the Nomination of Linda Chavez
• January 8, 2001 NEA's Don Cameron Receives Presidential Citizens Medal