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Education Minnesota reads to Crosby students Friday

...nationwide celebration of reading on the birthday of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss. Sponsored by the National Education Association, Read Across America promotes the joy of reading and encourages adults to read with children on March 1 and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-02-28/education-minnesota-reads-crosby-stu
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Business Notes Sept. 16

...training and classroom instruction.Reeser is in his fourth year at CLC. He was awarded a grant from the National Education Association to travel to Indianapolis for five days of AWS testing to demonstrate proficiency and instructional methods...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2012-09-14/business-notes-sept-16
Business
States ramp up use of teacher evaluations

...teacher didn't teach them properly. In recent years, however, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association unions have warmed to the idea of teacher evaluations based on student performance, with some caveats. In...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-11-17/states-ramp-use-teacher-evaluations
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Irene B. Fisher

...Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center and a life member of MEA (Minnesota Education Association) and NEA (National Education Association). She volunteered at Home Care & Hospice and Crow Wing County Health Dept. Irene is survived by one sister...

http://brainerddispatch.com/obituary/2012-02-03/irene-b-fisher
Little risk in attacking unions

...Teamsters and building trades, principally supported Republicans; even the largest teachers' union, the National Education Association, backed about as many Republicans as Democrats. Republicans such as Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2011-03-09/little-risk-attacking-
Columnists
Open forum: Powerful teacher's union

According to the "Center For Union Facts", the national teacher's union, which is called the National Education Association, has a membership of about 2,767,000 and an annual income of about $346,000,000. This income is...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2011-03-15/open-forum-powerful-te
Open Forum
Open Forum

...turn them into paper glider planes, or better still -- stick 'em! Martee Doty Brainerd Get involved The National Education Association, the National PTA and other organizations are sponsoring American Education Week, Nov. 14-20, 1999...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111899/opi_1118990009.shtml
Opinion
Stricter teaching requirements pushed by AFT

...less than professions that require comparable education and skills,'' said Bob Chase, president of the National Education Association. ''Until this fact is addressed, all attempts to improve the quality of teachers will ring hollow...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/041500/nne_0415000117.shtml
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Clinton, Gore raise money, talk reform

...Jr. and Gerald Cassidy, corporations such as Anheuser Busch and Lockheed Martin, and unions such as the National Education Association and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union were among the six-figure donors to the Democratic gala...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/052500/nne_0525000007.shtml
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NEA softens opposition to 'bonus' pay to reward teachers

...seniority. But the union refused to embrace a proposal to base pay on how well students perform on tests. The National Education Association, in crafting changes to its bargaining policy, signaled that it would no longer stand in the way of union...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/070600/nne_0706000024.shtml
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