43 Education Programs Republicans Want to Eliminate

Forty-three education programs — including those that promote literacy, teacher development and dropout prevention — have been targeted for elimination in a Republican-sponsored bill in the House as a first step toward rewriting the law known as No Child Left Behind. Rep. John Kline, R-MN, chairman of the House Education & The Workforce Committee, who will lead the House effort to rewrite...

Read Across America Day

March 2nd signified the NEA’s Read Across America Day, as school children all over America celebrated Dr. Suess’ birthday and his famous books. First Lady Michelle Obama helped  promoted the special day by reading “The Cat in the Hat” to a group of school children.  She also spoke about the importance of reading and how “Horton Hatches the Egg,” by Dr. Seuss is one of the first...