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AAE Federal Update April 16, 2012
posted by: Alix | April 16, 2012, 05:44 pm

Funds for Early Learning Earmarked in Competitive Grant Program The Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services

announced last week that $133 million from the 2012 Race to the Top program will be available so that additional states can make investments in comprehensive early learning education reform.   Continue Reading...
The Association of American Educators Foundation (AAEF) would like to extend our congratulations to the winners of the Spring 2012 AAE Foundation National Teacher Scholarships and Grants Program!   Continue Reading...
New Study: Teachers Supportive of Education Reforms
posted by: Alix | March 30, 2012, 12:17 pm
Over the years, AAE membership surveys have covered a wide range of education policy issues and have often been critical in dispelling union-led perceptions that teachers are unsupportive of commonsense reforms. According to a new survey released by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with Scholastic Education, the trend is in fact growing and teachers are embracing key education reforms like never before.   Continue Reading...
Since AAE's founding in 1994, our association and state partners have been met with harsh opposition from both the NEA and its state affiliates. False claims about AAE's motives and benefits, coupled with districts shutting out non-union groups in favor of the union have been commonplace. AAE members have even been harassed and blackballed for supporting the non-union option. In states such as Colorado, Idaho, Kansas and Utah, non-union groups have been on the front lines of seeking equal treatment as their union counterparts.   Continue Reading...
New Survey: Teacher Morale at a Low Point
posted by: Alix | March 08, 2012, 03:33 pm
In light of the difficult economy and the debate over various education reforms, teachers across the country are no doubt in a state of flux. With half of the current workforce set to retire in the next ten years, and an ongoing discussion about attracting new teachers to the profession, current classroom teachers are clearly feeling the heat. According to the 28th annual MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, educator job satisfaction is at the lowest it's been in more than two decades.   Continue Reading...
Over a year ago, Sarah Walters* was a well‐liked virtual school teacher living in a small community in Colorado. Sarah had taught at a suburban school in her close knit community for more than five years, and then transferred to new virtual school for increased career flexibility where she received many awards. It was in this position that the rug was swiftly pulled from under her after she was fired for contact deemed "inappropriate" by school administrators.   Continue Reading...
School Shooting Rocks Ohio Community
posted by: Alix | February 28, 2012, 02:01 pm
Just days after a new federal report was released highlighting the decline in violent crimes in schools, tragedy struck a community outside of Cleveland, Ohio, when a high school student opened fire on his classmates in the Chardon High School cafeteria yesterday morning. While several students remain in critical condition, currently three students remain hospitalized and two students have died as a result of close range gunshot wounds.   Continue Reading...
AAE Federal Update February 28, 2012
posted by: Alix | February 28, 2012, 10:00 am

Department of Education Unveils RESPECT Initiative Included in the Obama administration's 2013 proposed budget is a new $5 billion competitive program to challenge states and school districts to work with various stakeholders in an effort to comprehensively reform the field of teaching. Entitled RESPECT, the proposal seeks to touch on every aspect of teaching from training and tenure to compensation and career opportunities.

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Teachers, win a $500 teacher scholarship or classroom grant. Fund a field trip; subsidize your National Board Certification; purchase books for your classroom library.

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Teacher Choice Spotlight: Charter School Educator
posted by: Alix | February 21, 2012, 12:27 pm
Last month, AAE participated in National School Choice Week– a national movement of grassroots organizations calling for more educational options. Here at AAE, we continue to support the cause because we support educators in all settings and encourage teachers to pursue the school and setting best suited to their needs and interest.   Continue Reading...
This week, AAE is pleased to recognize the dedicated California charter school educators who were awarded scholarships to attend the 19th annual California Charter Schools Conference later this month.   Continue Reading...
AAE Federal Update February 14, 2012
posted by: Alix | February 14, 2012, 05:59 pm

President Obama Releases 2013 Budget

Yesterday at a community college in northern Virginia, President Obama unveiled his new budget for fiscal year 2013. The $3.8 trillion budget earmarks $69.8 billion in mere discretionary spending for the U.S. Department of Education in the next fiscal year, an increase of $1.7 billion, or 2.5 percent, over the current budget year.

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For years, the path to the classroom was exclusively paved through a program of study in a university-based teacher preparation program and ultimately a teaching license. However, in recent years, various "alternative certification" programs have been developed in order to allow degreed professionals practical avenues to become teachers. With participation in these programs skyrocketing in the last five years, many have speculated that these teachers will leave a lasting impact not only on students, but on the teaching preparation process nationwide.   Continue Reading...
Ms. Ashley Favorite, a teacher at the Lac du Flambeau Public School in Wisconsin, has been awarded a scholarship by the Association of American Educators Foundation to supplement the cost of tuition for graduate courses at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Ms. Favorite is pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Education with a focus on reading education; while both teaching fulltime and maintaining a 4.0 grade point average.   Continue Reading...
Teacher’s Choice Online Premiere
posted by: Alix | January 30, 2012, 11:32 am
After another successful National School Choice Week celebration, AAE is pleased to present our new full-length video showcasing teacher choice in action!Teacher's Choice presents portraits of four American educators who've selected non-standard paths. Teachers at a charter school, an online school and a parochial school are all featured, as well as a teacher at a traditional district school who declined membership in the local union. Their journeys have only one thing in common -- the options less traveled.   Continue Reading...
Mr. Matthew Cotton, a teacher at the Alliance Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School in Los Angeles, has been awarded a scholarship by the Association of American Educators Foundation to supplement the cost of tuition for a doctoral program in music education at the University of Southern California. AAEF Chairman and AAE Executive Director Gary Beckner delivered the certificate personally during a school staff meeting.   Continue Reading...
Teacher Choice Spotlight: Parochial School Educator
posted by: Alix | January 26, 2012, 11:06 am
This week is National School Choice Week – a national movement of grassroots organizations calling for more educational options. Here at AAE, we support National School Choice Week because we support educators in all settings and encourage teachers to pursue the school and setting best suited to their needs and interest.As part of National School Choice Week, AAE has profiled teachers throughout the country to showcase their own unique setting and choice. Today we are profiling Ms. Debbie Gleeson, a Catholic elementary school teacher in New Jersey.   Continue Reading...
Teacher Choice Spotlight: Traditional Public School Educator
posted by: Alix | January 25, 2012, 11:56 am
This week is National School Choice Week – a national movement of grassroots organizations calling for more educational options. Here at AAE, we support National School Choice Week because we support educators in all settings and encourage teachers to pursue the school and setting best suited to their needs and interest.As part of National School Choice Week, AAE has profiled teachers throughout the country to showcase their own unique setting and choice. Today we are profiling Mr. Ronnie Flowers, a traditional district public school teacher at a high school in Arkansas.   Continue Reading...
Teacher Choice Spotlight: Virtual School Teacher
posted by: Alix | January 24, 2012, 02:30 pm
This week is National School Choice Week – a national movement of grassroots organizations calling for more educational options. Here at AAE, we support National School Choice Week because we support educators in all settings and encourage teachers to pursue the school and setting best suited to their needs and interest.   Continue Reading...
Welcome to National School Choice Week 2012!
posted by: Alix | January 23, 2012, 03:10 pm
This week is National School Choice Week – a national movement of grassroots organizations calling for more educational options. AAE supports National School Choice Week because we support educators in all settings and applauds their individual choices about where they practice their profession.   Continue Reading...
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