41. NEA Announces Dues Increase
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... the funds will go to the “Great Public Schools Grants,” which will support Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation, school safety/anti-bullying programs, and technology initiatives.   While ...

42. The Summer’s Best Conferences: Top Picks from our Professional Development Calendar
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... the virtual conference! Best Anti-Bullying Conference: Rachel’s Challenge Educational Summit As always, you can check out all of our professional development picks on our Professional Development ...

43. Federal Update: May 8, 2013
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... and celebrate examples of making this transition well. Use your bully pulpit - and share that spotlight with a teacher. Whether you are a principal, superintendent, elected leader, parent or play some ...

44. Stranger than Fiction: Indiana Teacher Keeps Students on the Ball
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... taken towards a more holistic approach to learning. Other measures include the new school lunch guidelines and the safe schools healthy students initiative, aimed at preventing bullying. In order to foster ...

45. Reform Matters: October 12, 2012
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... Discussion Election Day Resources for Educators Teachers Fall Victim to Cyber Bullying   Reading List: One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined by Salman Khan, Released 10/1/12   A free, ...

46. Stranger than Fiction: Hugs Banned in Schools
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... in 2010 West Sylvan Middle School, in Portland, Oregon, banned students and teachers from hugging, after the principal said the embrace had become a disruption and even a bullying mechanism. "I was observing ...

47. Teachers Fall Victim to Cyberbullying
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Cyberbullying, or the use of the internet and related technologies to harm other people, has become a very real threat to American students. Unable to simply "unplug" at the end of the day, students from ...

48. New Book: Shadowbosses Sheds Light on Public Sector Union Spending & Tactics
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... the teachers union. They proceeded to bully this young teacher in front of her class, urging her to join the union and help them achieve "100 percent participation" in the school. This teacher, experienced ...

49. Poll: Nation Holds Diverse Opinions about Public Education Policy
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... budget is more important, even though they said funding is the biggest problem facing public schools. Schools should discipline children for bullying. Three out of four Americans believe that bullying ...

50. Stranger Than Fiction: NEA Top 10 Hyper-Partisan Resolutions
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... of protection alongside race, ethnicity, and national origin in their policies and support policies that include proactive elements that prevent bullying. New Business Item 53: NEA will assist affiliates ...