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Education associations are designed for teachers who have to be creative and resourceful—who often have to make ‘something out of nothing’ so to speak—and even more often, dig into their pockets a little to help improve the quality of education their students receive.

· Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative

The U.S. Department of Education again claims to honor outstanding classroom teachers through the American Stars of Teaching program. Education associations such as the Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative seeks nominations and information about teachers improving student achievement, using innovative strategies in the classroom, and making a difference in the lives of their students. Teachers across all grade levels and disciplines will be honored in the fall of 2006. Parents, students, colleagues, school administrators, etc. can nominate an exemplary teacher who they believe has the qualities to be an American Star of Teaching Education association. One teacher will be recognized from each state. All nominations must be completed by April 15th. To nominate a teacher or learn more about the American Star of Teaching Education association, please visit the American Stars of Teaching page.

· Teacher-to-Teacher workshops
There is a saying I learned in college “you teach by learning and you learn by teaching. Thus, I believe that some of the great assets of education associations are Teacher-to-Teacher workshops. In this forum, teachers can learn from one another about what has worked for them in the classroom and what has not. They can discuss as part of this education association new methods that may improve upon old approaches to teaching. We are all learning—especially with the continuous rise of technology, that significant improvements in the classroom can be made.

· Summer Workshops
As one element of education associations improving on the condition of education in this country, soon there will be an announcement of free summer 2006 workshops for K-12 teachers and principals. There will be some of the most respectable American teachers and principals there to share their strategies for improving student achievement and making sure that teachers are informed of the latest, most successful practices. Education associations have made information about the 2005 workshops and presentations from the 2004 workshops available for you to see.

· Teacher Updates
You can sign up for electronic updates from education associations.

· Toolkit for Teachers
Find out how No Child Left Behind supports teachers. In all honesty, if you are a teacher and you do not know how the No Child Left Behind educational program benefits teachers—then the program obviously needs a bit more work. It is a great idea, but a little underdone—not quite ready to take out of the oven.

· Congress Rejecting Proposed Education Cuts
The recent budget proposed by the Bush administration would eliminate more than $2.1 billion for education. NEA president Reg Weaver told the press that, "While disappointing, this budget proposal is just a starting point for the budget process, not the finished product. Congress has the responsibility to draft a smart budget." How unfortunate, though, that our own president pushes for eliminating $2.1 BILLION. No child left behind?—well maybe what he meant was that no rich, private college prep school attending, college bound child would be left behind. In the hopes that there really will be No Child Left Behind in the future, most education associations are doing all they can.

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