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vanroekel.jpgTime For America's Education System To Wake Up
The digital age has dawned, but too many of our schools still rely on models from 1908 to meet the growing and changing needs of the 21st century. Simply put, many of our approaches are outmoded and out of touch, which makes it harder for educators to challenge students and hold their interest. NEA is a firm proponent of providing all children with the critical, intellectual, and personal skills they need to be successful in the 21st century

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Petition to Establish a Department of Education, 1921

It was long a dream of the NEA to see a Department of Education established at the Federal level. This petition, signed in October of 1921 by NEA President Charles Ormond Williams, along with leaders of 13 other organizations, asks President Woodrow Wilson to "bring about the creation of a Department of Education with a Secretary in the Cabinet." The dream was realized more than five decades later in 1979, when President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Department of Education Organization Act. It is administered by the United States Secretary of Education.

Petition to establish a Department of Education

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