NEA Resources

Parents Can Help Kids Become Better Readers

NEA has a collection of reading tips for parents of children of all ages, from toddlers to teenagers. Parents can find additional guidance and resources in our Web site's Read Across America section.

Major League Soccer, NEA Help 'Get a Kick Out of Reading'

Major League Soccer (MLS) and the National Education Association (NEA) announced in March 2003 the launch of a new literacy program that taps into the excitement of professional soccer and the star power of many of the League's top players to give reading a major kick.

"Get a Kick Out of Reading/ Lee y Marca un Golazo!" is a comprehensive multicultural League-wide literacy program that aims to raise awareness about the critical importance of reading to children and their families, including the growing number of youth that are new to America and have limited English skills.

NEA Report Offers Teachers' Views on Reading

The Report of the NEA Task Force on Reading 2000 moves beyond the ongoing debate about the best ways to teach reading and calls for a focus on "complete" reading programs. The report states that "...amid all the discussion by special panels of experts and statements by policy makers, the voices of teachers -- the people whose expertise is based on real teaching experiences in real classrooms -- are not usually heard."

NEA's report was written by teachers and offers guidance for practitioners and policy makers seeking to make a difference in classrooms.

An overview of the report includes the 10 key elements the Task Force agreed should comprise a "complete" reading program. The entire Report of the NEA Task Force on Reading 2000 (76k PDF , 30 pages) is available in PDF format, which requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

For Teachers: Strategies for Teaching Reading

NEA has compiled a set of proven strategies from a variety of respected sources to help classroom teachers improve reading instruction.

NEA Offers 'Proven Principles' for Teaching Reading

"Ten Proven Principles for Teaching Reading" (271k  PDF, 20 pages) addresses teachers, who are the key to ensuring that each child enters the pathway to becoming a literate adult. It presents principles and ideas that are interrelated and that build one upon the other. These ideas, which are being used in many classrooms, are based on solid research findings and practical experience.