New Jersey Educator Top Honoree at the NEA Foundation Awards Gala
Danielle Kovach (above) accepts The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence.
On Friday, February 10, at our Salute to Excellence in Education Gala, Danielle Kovach, a special education teacher at Tulsa Trail Elementary School in Hopatcong, NJ, received one of public education’s top honors: The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence and $25,000. Kovach was selected from five Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients, who received special recognition at the
A New Year and New Grant Deadlines
One of our New Year’s resolutions was to find ways to fund more educators’ projects. Our new, $2,000 student achievement grants will help more teachers reach students with engaging classroom projects that will inspire learning.
Also,
How Four Union-District Teams Are Improving Student Performance and Why We’re Helping Them
Union-district teams in Lee County, FL; Springfield, MA; Omaha, NE; and Columbus, OH have been selected from among thousands of school districts nationwide to participate in the latest expansion of the NEA Foundation’s Closing the
Grantee Discussion: Your Greatest Grant Successes
Each NEA Foundation grantee has used grant funds to conduct high-quality classroom learning and/or professional development projects. We would like to hear from educators about their experiences.
How would you describe the most successful aspects
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Do you believe in the power of ideas? We do!
The NEA Foundation understands that the best way to help students learn is to help teachers teach. From bringing the alphabet to life with puppets, to showing students how germs spread, teachers have great
Meet five teachers helping kids know more
Read on to find out who will receive The Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence, $10,000, and recognition as the nation’s top educators at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala in Washington, D.C. They are:
- Lisa
Meet the 2012 California Casualty Awardees
On February 10, 35 exceptional educators will take the stage at our annual Salute to Excellence in Education gala as the 2012 California Casualty Awards for Teaching Excellence Recipients.
As part of the California Casualty nomination award, the
Grantee Discussion: Outdoor Classrooms
Many NEA Foundation grantees have used funds to create outdoor classrooms at their school. We would like to hear from educators about their experiences.
What was your greatest challenge? What have been your greatest rewards?
Please share you
2011 China Experience: Thank You, Good Bye
By Sarah Davis, Pearson Foundation
On the bus ride to the hotel after our last dinner together in Hong Kong, we all had a chance to say goodbye.
Then, Kathy Welling of EF Tours had us each all clasp our own two hands in the way that felt most natural.
2011: China Experience: A Hong Kong Elementary School Education
By Sarah Davis, Pearson Foundation
Today we visited the Hong Kong Institute of Education Jockey Club Primary School. The school principal, Mary Chou, gave us some background on the school prior to a student ambassador–led tour. The school is
