Tag Archives: RESPECT

Teachers and Principals Get Engaged

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Laurie Calvert

About 180 teachers, school principals and education advocates convened at the U.S. Department of Education’s headquarters last Friday to make connections and engage in important conversations about how educators will lead the transformation of their profession. With representatives from their … Continue reading →

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State and District Education Leaders Collaborate to Transform the Teaching Profession

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Cross-posted from the White House Blog. Last week, state and district education leaders from across the country traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio to share their stories, strategies, and best practices around a topic in education that seldom sees the spotlight: labor-management … Continue reading →

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Rethink Teacher Appreciation Week

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Great teachers build nations. They inspire, awaken and raise our children’s expectations. They coax imaginations and lead students to discovery. Teachers shape the next generation of decision-makers. While this work is deeply rewarding, teaching is also incredibly hard—as intellectually rigorous … Continue reading →

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Ask the Teachers

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Arne Duncan

Cross-posted from the Huffington Post. When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children. They talk about the joys of teaching and the … Continue reading →

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RESPECT Vision Released for Comment

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Guest Blogger

What would it take to make America’s most important profession also America’s most valued profession? To answer this question, 16 Teacher Ambassador Fellows — active classroom teachers working temporarily for the U.S. Department of Education — have been listening to … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Teachers of the Year

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

“A teacher is the key to a child reaching their potential,” President Obama said this week during a White House ceremony to recognize the State Teachers of the Year and to present the 2012 National Teacher of the Year Award … Continue reading →

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Community Action Grows Organically at Hispanic Summit

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Guest Blogger

José Rico, executive director of White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, arranged the last chair in the multi-purpose room of Sonia Sotomayor Learning Academies in Los Angeles and flashed a smile to his team. “Let’s do it,” he … Continue reading →

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E4E’s Advice to Schools: To Keep Great Teachers, RESPECT Their Careers

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Guest Blogger

After earning her law degree while teaching full time, Lori Wheal thought she might leave the field of education. She had spent 10 years as a middle school teacher in the Bronx and was tired. Thanks to low pay, little … Continue reading →

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Duncan Heads to Capitol Hill for Budget Hearings

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

“We must come together as a country to make sound, bipartisan investments in education,” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said earlier today at a budget hearing on Capitol Hill. “It is unconscionable for us to ask a generation of students … Continue reading →

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Learning International Lessons in Principal and Teacher Preparation

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Guest Blogger

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined education leaders from twenty-three high-performing, rapidly-improving countries in New York City last week. Over the course of two days, each country shared ideas and successful, innovative practices for teacher preparation and school leader … Continue reading →

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What Happened in February at ED?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by John McGrath

In the February edition of “School Days,” the U.S. Department of Education’s monthly video journal, President Obama names the first states to receive flexibility from the requirements of No Child Left Behind, Secretary Arne Duncan visits the Green Schools National … Continue reading →

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Putting the “E” in STEM during National Engineering Week

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

To celebrate National Engineering Week, and to highlight the need for highly skilled science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers, Arne stopped by the launch of the new public-private partnership 100Kin10. The 100Kin10 initiative is working to help meet President … Continue reading →

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