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Category Archives: PTA
Increasing Graduation Rates
The average national graduation rate has risen to 80% from 78%, which was the highest it had been since 1974! However, the goal of this president is to have that increased to 90% by 2020. This is a distinct challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement Gap, Diversity, Emerging Minority Leadership, Grad Nation Summit, Graduation Rates, Legislative Hearings, National Family Literacy Month, PTA, School to Prison Pipeline
Tagged Alma Powell, America's Promise Alliance, Center for Public Education, Civic Marshall Plan, compulsory age, Emerging Minority Leadership, Grad Nation Summit, National Dropout Prevention, National Family Literacy Month
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Feeding the Hungry… In a SNAP
Every five years, the Farm Bill has to be reauthorized. Due this year, Representatives passed the bill to cut nearly $4o billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. Even though the majority of the … Continue reading
Posted in Hunger, Nutrition, PTA, SNAP
Tagged Absenteeism, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Christmas, Farm Bill, Food, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, HR 3102, HR3102, Hunger Action Month, national school lunch program, PTA, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, United States House of Representatives, World Food Day
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Family Engagement in Education Act
Family Engagement in children’s education has been proven to be not only beneficial for the schools but also for increasing effectiveness and success of children’s education! In fact, studies show that engaging families is also cost effective; schools would have … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Convention, Family Engagement, Parent Engagement, PTA, Take Action
Tagged 4H, America's Promise, Carolyn McCarthy, Chris Coons, Education, ESEA, family engagement, Family Engagement in Education Act, Harvard Family, Harvard Family Research Project, HFRP, Jack Reed, Mitch McConnell, National Family Engagement Alliance, National PTA Convention, NFEA, Parent-Teacher Association, Pathways, PTA, Rand Paul, reauthorization, Senators Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, socio-emotional, UCAN, United Communities
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Changing the Gavel at Kentucky PTA
The changing of the gavel between presidents can often evoke ambivalent feelings. Saying goodbye to President Teri Gale in this role and appreciating her accomplishments while graciously greeting the new leadership of President-Elect Eddie Squires, represents that ambivalence. This … Continue reading
Otha Thornton, the newly installed president of National PTA (NPTA) – the oldest child advocacy group in our country – is a senior operations analyst with General Dynamics in Fort Stewart, Georgia. He is a retired United States Army Lieutenant … Continue reading
Emerging Minority Leadership
The Emerging Minority Leaders (EML) Conference encourages the development of new PTA leaders who can succeed in building bridges to ethnically diverse families to engage with PTA. This conference is the premier family engagement program for training ethnically diverse leaders … Continue reading
I am excited to serve as one of the official bloggers for the National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) annual convention this week! The keynote speaker will be Erin Gruwell – diversity champion, educator & award winning author with the Freedom … Continue reading
Since the Civil War, our country has been celebrating Memorial Day, initially called, “Decoration Day” to remember those who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. According to Professor David Blight of Yale University, “the first Memorial … Continue reading
PTA Teacher and Staff Appreciation
On Friday, we held our Teacher and Staff Appreciation Luncheon at our intermediate school! We had a delicious catered lunch with wonderful desserts. Our PTA vice-president, Nancy Crum, arranged the caterer and found colorful decorations with a western theme. We … Continue reading
Posted in Parent Engagement, PTA, Teacher Appreciation
Tagged Education, Homeroom, Parent-Teacher Association, PTA, Staff Appreciation, Teacher, Teacher Appreciation
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