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- September 24 -- National Punctuation Day
- Created in 2004, this observance draws attention to the importance of proper punctuation.
- September -- Gyneological Cancer Awareness Month
- The NEA Health Information Network is Raising Awareness about the Prevention of Gynecological Cancer.
- NEA 2008 Pension Benefits Forum & Trustee Workshop
- The Pension Benefits Forum is for leaders, staff, and trustees to focus on the hot-button issues affecting NEA members' retirement security.
- Protecting Your Rights
- NEA booklet encourages Americans to vote.
- October 8, 2008-Int'l Walk to School Day
- Get Healthy, Relieve Traffic Congestion, Have Fun!
- Science Friday Kids' Connection
- NPR program connects middle school kids with cutting edge science.
- Ensuring Safe Schools
- Addressing bias and discrimination by raising awareness.
- Do the Right Thing
- Promoting thoughtful, respectful behavior.
- Living in Poverty in America
- Insights into poverty & a campaign to cut it in half.
- School Library Media Month
- In April honor librarians and support library use.
- Help End Verbal Bullying in Schools
- No Name-Calling Week: January 26-30, 2009
- January Is National Mentoring Month
- Group seeks volunteers to mentor at-risk adolescents.
- Kids Count Data Book
- Report on children & families in America.
- National Inclusive Schools Week
- Creating a more inclusive society.
- National Entrepreneurship Week
- February 21-28, 2009
- Public School Insights
- A Web site highlighting the best in public schools.
- Stimulate Interest in the Political Process
- Using free K-12 civic education resources.
- Media Literacy & the Arts in Teaching
- Free resources.
- Constitution Day Made Easy
- Take part in the celebration on September 17th.
- Libraries Honor Children and Diversity
- April 30 is Children's Day.
- Character Counts Week Is October 19-25
- Get free materials and build community.
- Early Diagnosis of Autism
- CDC wants to help caregivers act early.
- Walk to School Day October 8
- Focus on safety for children.
- NEA Retirement Security
- Information on the issues.
- NEA Retirement Security Resources
- Resources to help you understand and defend your retirement benefits.
- National Little League Baseball Week
- June 9 - 15, 2008. Use our resources to plan activities around this event.
- Juneteenth -- June 19
- Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, is the name given to Emancipation Day by African-Americans in Texas.
- Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier
- Help Request that a Military Guard Be Posted.
- ADA, IDEA, and Equal Rights for the Disabled
- Confused about Overlapping Protections? We Can Help Sort It Out.
- Global Action Week-April 21-27, 2008
- The 2008 theme is, "Quality Education to End Exclusion."
- The Lorax Challenge
- The Lorax Challenge offers young people the chance to turn their dreams of saving the planet into reality. Deadline is May 31, 2008.
- Cops 'N' Kids 'N' Reading
- Police Collect New and Gently Used Books for Neighborhood Kids.
- Earth Hour-March 29, 2008
- From 8 to 9 p.m. local time, individuals, schools, governments, and whole cities will show collective concern about climate change by turning out the lights for one hour.
- National Environmental Education Week
- Celebrate April 13-19, 2008, with free resources.
- Scotopic Sensitivity (Irlen) Syndrome
- Visual Perceptive Disorder May Be Related to Dyslexia and Autism.
- Assessing Threats in School
- Does Your School Have a Student Threat Assessment System?
- A Problem of the Senses
- Sensory Integration Dysfunction
- Help for Non- and Slow Readers
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- Sprint's "Project Connect"
- Recycled Cell Phones Can Help Keep Kids Safe Online.
- Free Booklet About Cervical Cancer
- Download "Talking About Cervical Cancer Prevention."
- When Girls Don't Graduate, We All Fail
- A Report Finds that Girls Drop Out of High School at Almost the Same Rate as Boys.
- Children Can Learn the Joy of Philanthropy
- 'Pennies for Peace' Makes it Easy for All Children to Give.
- ServiceVote - A Hub for Young People
- Keeping up with the 2008 election.
- Global Youth Service Day - April 25-27
- Youth perform community service.
- Helping Kids Connect Safely
- Newsletter offers technology tips for parents, guardians, and teachers.
- Win a 'Got 2B Safe!' Classroom Makeover
- Submit your best safety lesson plan now.
- Meet 3 Winners of the 2007 HCR Awards
- Nominate a colleague for the 2008 awards.
- Join Oprah's 'O Ambassadors'
- New Education Program Unites Young People from Across the Globe.
- Get Read for National Multicultural Diversity Day
- In 2007 It Falls on October 15.
- October is Niemann-Pick Disease Awareness Month
- Rare Genetic Pediatric Disorder Affect Children of Elementary School Age.
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
- Learn about the prevention of cervical cancer, which disproportionately affects women of color and low-income women.
- Library Disaster Preparedness Toolkit
- The free toolkit can be downloaded at the NEA Foundation Web site.
- Free to Be You and Me
- Resources for educators, parents, and students to make gender discrimination and stereotyping in schools a thing of the past.
- Transition Toolkit for High School Teachers
- Helping students prepare for adult life.
- Teaching Students About Carbon Emissions
- Plus an Easy Way to Offset Emissions by Planting Trees.
- Posters, Polls, & Fashion Shows
- TeachersCount promotes the teaching profession.
- The Perils of Pesticides
- The NEA Health Information Network offers information about effects and how to reduce the presence of pests and pesticide use.
- Educating Troubled and Incarcerated Youth
- Download a new, free NEA report.
- Katrina Curriculum Package for Educators
- Help students understand the social impact of the hurricane.
- Pedal Pioneers: A Guide to Bicycle Travel with Kids
- How to organize youth bike trips for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
- Particulate Matter and the Air We Breathe
- Help from the NEA Information Network.
- Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference, March 23-24, 2007
- Former Vice President Al Gore to speak at this NEA co-sponsored "world's fair for educators."
- Trenholm Award Winner 2007
- Video in 56k.
- Trenholm Award Winner 2007
- Video in 1000k.
- Chavez Award Winner 2007
- Video in 56k.
- Chavez Award Winner 2007
- Video in 1000k.
- Big Crow Award Winner 2007
- Video in 56k.
- Big Crow Award Winner 2007
- Video in 1000k.
- The School Dropout Crisis
- Exploring communitywide solutions.
- School Start Time Report
- Later is better for adolescents.
- Meet 3 Winners of the 2006 HCR Awards
- Submit your nomination now for the 2007 awards.
- Can a Person Be Ethical and Successful?
- Report on ethics of American youth.
- Positive Coaching Alliance Web Site
- Developing winners in sports & life.
- By Kids For Kids Inventive Thinking Toolkit
- Free toolkit encourages kids to become inventors.
- Bullying Prevention Week Is October 22-28
- Free downloadable poster & other resources.
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Releases Curriculum Focal Points
- Read online or download for free.
- Web Portal Helps Consumers Understand Personal Credit and Identity Theft
- Become your own personal credit expert.
- Improving History, Math, & Science Instruction
- Book Review of 'How Students Learn.'
- School Employee's Guide to GLBT Issues
- NEA publication promotes a school environment free from intimidation.
- NEA's Historic Partnership with AFL-CIO
- A labor solidarity partnership agreement.
- New Research on Best Practices
- NEA reports focus on classroom management, learning and teaching, & school workplace conditions.
- Pre-K for Hispanic Children
- New report about closing the achievement gap.
- Nine Principles of Educational Excellence
- The 1984 NEA Representative Assembly adopted An Open Letter to America on Schools, Students, and Tomorrow, which called for a total restructuring of American education.
- The Rainforest Alliance
- Web resources on biodiversity conservation.
- Recruit New Teachers Now
- Use TEACH, a 35-minute documentary, free online.
- Congress - How the People Govern
- Web resource for students & teachers.
- Books Across America
- NEA program to give books to libraries & students in need.
- LibriVox Offers Free Audiobooks Online
- Their books are recorded by volunteers.
- Operation Iraqi Children
- You can help now by sending school supplies.
- Workplace Issues Affecting Teenagers
- NEA joins Youth@Work Initiative.
- Girls' Opportunities Limited in Career & Tech Ed
- Groundbreaking report from National Women's Law Center.
- E-Presentations: Visual & Performing Arts
- Free interdisciplinary content on Joy2Learn Web site.
- Murrow's "This I Believe" Series Is Back
- Materials available for teaching the personal essay.
- The ABCs of School Bullying
- Tips for parents and teachers.
- Safety, Bias, and GLBT Issues
- Training program - From the NEA & partners.
- Educating English Language Learners
- An analysis of emerging research - July 2005.
- May Is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month
- Read NEA's 2005 status report on AAPI students.
- Libraries Honor Children and Diversity
- April 30 marks 10th anniversary of Children's Day.
- Balancing Academics and Civics in Public Schools
- Report questions the NCLB focus on core subjects at the expense of citizenship classes.
- Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
- September 15 - October 15.
- Improving Your Child's Education
- A guide for Latino parents.
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