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NEA Adopts Charter School Policy Statement
The 7,000 delegates at NEA’s Annual Meeting overwhelmingly approved a fundamental shift in policy by passing a new policy statement on charter schools.
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Utah Elementary School Teacher, Pennsylvania Physical Science Teacher and Virginia Music Teacher Re-elected to top NEA Positions
History repeats itself! Delegates to the National Education Association Annual Meeting voted to keep the all-female, all-minority leadership, NEA President Lily Eskelsen García, Vice President Becky Pringle and Secretary Treasurer Princess in office for another three-year term.
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Oregon Educator Elected to NEA Executive Committee
The majority of the 7500 delegates to NEA’s Annual Meeting voted to elect Oregon teacher Johanna “Hanna” Vaandering to the NEA Executive Committee. Her three-year term begins in September, 2017.
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California Educator Re-elected to NEA Executive Committee
At NEA’s 2019 Representative Assembly in Houston, TX, a special education teacher in California’s San Bernardino City Unified School District was re-elected to NEA’s Executive Committee.
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Remarks as prepared for delivery by Sydney Chaffee, 2017 National Teacher of the Year, to the 96th Representative Assembly
Speech by Sydney Chaffee, 2017 National Teacher of the Year, to NEA’s 96th Representative Assembly
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NEA Honors Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton with Friend of Education Award
LeVar Burton, host of PBS’ “Reading Rainbow,” and actor, director and author, received NEA’s highest honor, the Friend of Education Award, during the 2017 NEA Representative Assembly.
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Remarks as prepared for delivery by Saul Ramos, 2017 Education Support Professional of the Year, to the 96th NEA Representative Assembly
Speech given by Saul Ramos, NEA’s ESP of the Year, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Remarks as prepared for delivery by NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia to the 96th NEA Representative Assembly
Speech given by NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia to the 96th NEA Representative Assembly,
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Mass.
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NEA honors 12 outstanding human and civil rights heroes at annual gala
The theme of NEA’s annual Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner was “Living the Legacy: After 50 Years, Still We Rise.” On that 50th anniversary of the Dinner, NEA honored 12 American social justice heroes.
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NEA President: Trinity ruling sidesteps questions regarding state constitutional protections for public education
SCOTUS holds that a Missouri can't refuse a grant for a church playground church based only on it being a religious institution. NEA president reacts, citing issues with public funding and religion.
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