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Parent Partnership Solutions
July 25, 2012 by Cindy Long
This article outlines six of the most common communication challenges between educators and parents, as reported by a recent Parenting/NEA survey, along with NEA member-tested solutions.
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New Report: How Labor-Management Collaboration Is Transforming Public Schools
May 31, 2011 by PSC Editor
A new report out today highlights how strong labor-management partnerships between teachers’ unions and administrators are transforming schools in communities from coast to coast. The report, from American Rights at Work Education Fund, presents nine case studies demonstrating how “collective bargaining has…
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Spring Break = National Boards Countdown
March 23, 2011 by PSC Editor
By Lara Searcy, National Board Certified Teacher. She is a high school English teacher in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Searcy participated in the National Board “Take One!” program in 2010, and is currently finishing full candidacy. She also adjunct teaches at Northeastern State…
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How the Union Helps Build a Better School
May 18, 2010 by Mary Ellen Flannery
In every corner of Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City, somebody is doing something to close achievement gaps. Whether it’s (shhh!) benchmark testing in a dark computer lab, or (Bravo! Bravo!) on-stage rehearsals for Cinderel la, where students…
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Closing Gaps in Oklahoma
March 11, 2010 by Mary Ellen Flannery
Two years ago, barely half of the Hispanic students at Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City could muster a passing score on a state graduation exam in reading. When the school opened its door for its first-ever Noche…
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