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Washington, D.C., March 31, 2008 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, with Chairman Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Ranking Member Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), will hold its hearing on the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA) Fiscal Year 2009 funding at 10:00 am on Tuesday, April 1, 2008. The hearing will be held in Room 2359, on the 3rd floor of the Rayburn House Office Building, located at Independence Avenue S.W. and South Capitol Street.    » read more »

Seven California chapters of NEA now directly affiliated with the AFL-CIO

March 05, 2008 -- The AFL-CIO and the National Education Association (NEA) announced affiliations today by six chapters of the California Teachers Association (CTA), the state association of the national NEA. The affiliation will encourage greater cooperation to meet the needs of working teachers, students, and their families, according to the participants. With the affiliations, there are now seven CTA associations affiliated with the AFL-CIO, more than in any other state.    » read more »

Senator Whitehouse and Chairman Gioia Host Grants Workshop

Democratic presidential candidates have yet to make their case for support from America ’s public school employees

February 6, 2008 -- WASHINGTON — Political leaders and advocacy organizations are stumbling all over themselves to declare their choice to carry the Democratic standard in the presidential contest this fall. With the failure of Super Tuesday to define a clear-cut favorite for the Party's nomination however, the most valuable, and perhaps the most important, endorsement remains unclaimed by either Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.    » read more »

Poll shows why ‘No Child Left Behind Act’ needs to be amended

January 24, 2008 -- WASHINGTON—A new national poll shows the majority of voters surveyed understand the importance of subjects like art and music in developing the imagination—which they believe is critical for children to acquire skills necessary to prosper in the future.    » read more »

December 3, 2007 -- WASHINGTON -- Black students are labeled mentally retarded three times as often as White students. Native American children receive special education labels and services at twice the rate of the general student population. And Hispanic and Asian and Pacific Islander students are under-identified for special education.

In a new report, Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education, the National Education Association offers strategies to address the problem of mislabeling students.    » read more »

NEA design initiative receives $250,000 gift from Edward W. Rose III Family Fund