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Read Across to Reach Across

Celebrate NEA’s Read Across America anyway you can. Read with a child.

March to the Census

I’m a teacher. I know what counts. And in the month of March, what counts – literally – is the Census.

State of the Hopeful Union

My friend said to me, “I missed  the President’s speech. What’d he say? Give me hope.”
Ok.
He talked a lot about jobs.
She said, “Jobs? Give me hope about schools!”
I reminded her that he gave us a down-payment on his promise to make education a priority by not only including jobs protection in the [...]

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Back those many years ago, our school district decided not to close for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Instead, the board encouraged schools to incorporate appropriate activities into the school day.