Great teachers and support professionals, with the right policy supports and resources, are the ideal agents of permanent change – the true education experts. That’s why NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign is partnering with educators in struggling schools to provide additional professional development, trainings and resources that will help teachers and support professionals be the leaders in their profession. Read the stories below to learn more about the professional educators working in priority schools.
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Transformation Tour – Seattle
October 6, 2010 by
By Paula Monroe My first site visits to NEA Priority Schools were today. What a day! The morning started at Cleveland High School. Seattle has three SIG schools and I got to visit two of them today. I was joined…
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Transformation Tour – Marysville, WA
October 6, 2010 by
By Princess Moss Walking in the shoes of NEA members at our Priority Schools in Washington State. Free and organic conversation. This is how my day started and ended on Oct. 5. It is a day that has forever left…
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Priority Schools Testimony in California
September 30, 2010 by
Watch Dr. Sheila Simmons, Director of NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign, talk about collaboration and engaging educators, administrations and the community to achieve results during her testimony to the West Contra Costa School Board in Richmond, California.
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The Waiting For Superman Paradox
September 30, 2010 by
In the opening minutes of the new education “reform” documentary Waiting For Superman, director Davis Guggenheim has a moment of candor about the charter schools he hails as a panacea for urban education — he admits that most of them…
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Priority Schools Campaign Helps Teachers Recover Classroom Expenses
September 9, 2010 by
The average teacher spends $356 a year out of his or her own pocket on classroom supplies. The items run the gamut from hands-on activities to improve learning to school supplies for students. The spending can be particularly heavy for…
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International Shout-Out for Priority Schools Campaign
September 3, 2010 by
A nice piece on PSC in the September edition of Worlds of Education, the magazine of Education International, based in Brussels. EI is a global union federation, including NEA, of 348 member organizations in 169 countries. One of the largest…
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Service-Learning and Innovation in Columbus, OH
August 31, 2010 by
Disciplina in civitatem – Education for citizenship. The official motto for Ohio State University is taking on a new, stronger meaning for public school students in Columbus, OH, thanks to a grant designed to help priority school students excel at…
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Ohio Priority School Welcomes Van Roekel
August 26, 2010 by
From Columbus Education Association National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel stopped in Columbus on Wednesday, Aug. 25, as part of his week-long, multi-city, back-to-school tour. The veteran high school math teacher arrived at West HS at 6:20 a.m. on the…
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Historic Change at Stake in Seattle
August 26, 2010 by
Negotiations continue in Seattle between the Seattle Education Association and the school district. Negotiations continue today (Thursday) according to a post last night: “Much progress has been made at the negotiation table this week. As you know, Monday was added this week…
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Denver Priority School Gets Presidential Treatment
August 25, 2010 by
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel conducted a nationwide back-to-school tour from August 23-27, meeting innovative educators and touring priority schools throughout the country. One of his first stops was at Denver’s Math and Science Leadership Academy (MSLA), a…
