Issues

NEA on the Issues

Read where NEA stands on: Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools, Class Size , Early Childhood Education, Health, International Issues, Math and Science , National Board Certification, "No Child Left Behind"/ESEA, Priority Schools , Privatization, Reading, Rural Education, School Quality , School Safety, Social Security, Special Ed/IDEA, Teacher Quality , Teacher Shortage, Technology in Schools, Title IX, and Vouchers.

The Reading Wars by Nicholas Lemann

The debate between Phonics and Whole Language reading instruction and its relationship to politics in California.

Education World - School Issues Center

Large collection of articles concerning every school issue.

Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals

Even though our philosophies of education purport to graduating students who are responsible citizens capable of participating thoughtfully in a democracy, our educational practices have a tendency to foster dependence, passivity and a "tell me what to do and think" attitude.