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The KNEA News Archives 2004
- Your vote made a difference!
- "Our" candidates won or lost. Find the 2004 Election Results here! KNEA will continue working with all elected leaders to make public schools great for every child.
- Tis the Season for Legal Questions
- Contrary to what some believe, schools have not been made "religion-free zones" by either legislation or the courts.
- NEA secures continued tax break for educators
- Thanks to the lobbying efforts of the NEA, the $250 tax deduction for out-of-pocket classroom expense incurred by teachers and paraprofessionals will be extended for the 2004-2005 tax years.
- Judge Bullock orders Kansas public schools closed this fall
- KNEA answers teachers' questions
- Meet KNEA's Reading Wranglers
- KNEA's Reading Wranglers are amazing high schools students from across Kansas!
- U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige calls the NEA leadership "terrorists"
- "I'm a grandmother, a citizen, a leader and now a terrorist," responds KNEA President Christy Levings.
- Is school finance ruling an oncoming train?
- Is that a light at the end of the tunnel...or an oncoming train?
The high court ruling is expected soon.
It will end up in the Legislature...again.
- KNEA Members Win NASCAR Tickets
- Membership pays - now more than ever!
Jean Stutzman, Olathe NEA, and Jim Mullen, Hays NEA (retired) have each won a pair of tickets to the October NASCAR races at the Kansas Speedway.
- KNEA encourages members to vote
- Your VOTE CAN make a difference!
KNEA's mission is to promote quality public schools, strengthen the teaching profession and improve the well being of its members. One way to do that is to exercise your right and responsibility to vote.
- Kansas City metro schools perform well
- Kansas City Metro Schools are performing well...and getting better! That fact is largely ignored.
- See the Kansas/Missouri TV spot!
- You need Real Player to view these spots.
- No Child Left Behind Update: Highly Qualified
- How does "HQ" (Highly Qualified) impact a new teaching assignment?
- Members Helping Members
- KNEA members are contributing cash or teaching materials to colleagues hit by hurricanes.
- School Finance Update
- In May Shawnee County District Judge Terry Bullock struck down the state's system of educational funding saying it is "inadequate and inequitable" and therefore unconstitutional. He ordered Kansas to close its public schools while it fixes the flaws...
- 2004 Read Across America Photo Album
- Emporia students joined the KNEA Reading Wranglers in celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday.
- NEA honors Don Cook
- Washburn University's Dr. Donovan Cook has been recognized as the most outstanding student chapter adviser by the National Education Association.
- Administrators, KNEA PICK new collaboration tools
- Members of the Kansas Association of School Administrators and the KNEA are working to create an agency to promote collaboration between employers and employees.
- Judge orders Kansas public schools closed this fall
- The timing of the school funding ruling in conjunction with the Brown v. Board celebration is ironic says KNEA President Christy Levings.
- Judge's order to close Kansas public schools blocked
- The Kansas Supreme Court blocked District Judge Terry Bullock's decision that would have closed the state's public schools after June 30.
- Read Across America -- State Photo Album
- Read Across America photo album of 2004 activities.
- Join the Kansas NEA Reading Wranglers in celebrating Dr. Seuss' 100th Birthday!
- Hats Off to Dr. Seuss! Kansas NEA is asking eight outstanding high schools students to exchange their cowboy hats for stove pipe hats.
- Join the Kansas NEA Reading Wranglers in celebrating Dr. Seuss' 100th Birthday!
- Hats Off to Dr. Seuss! Kansas NEA is asking eight outstanding high schools students to exchange their cowboy hats for stove pipe hats.
- KNEA's Leadership program: REACH 2004
- REACHing for new skills, knowledge and fun!
- KNEA Delegates Head to Nation's Capital for 2004 NEA Annual Meeting
- More than 170 teachers and education support professionals from Kansas are in Washington, D.C., for the 2004 National Education Association (NEA) Annual Meeting.
- KNEA Reading Wranglers celebrate Dr. Seuss 100th Birthday!
- Thousands and thousands of kids, high school students, teachers and community leaders became KNEA Reading Wranglers in honor of Dr. Seuss' 100th Birthday! In every Kansas school district children read to each other and to adults and adults come to schools and read to children.
- Kansas Top Teachers Tell "Your Story" to Legislators
- The Kansas Teacher of the Year Team addressed the House and Senate Education Committees recently, sharing a message involving quality teachers, student success and progressive teaching and learning that makes Kansas public schools so successful.
- Nominate for Friends of Education Awards
- Education Task Force is seeking nominations for its 22nd annual Friends of Education Awards.
- KNEA Community Conversation Photos
- The goal of the KNEA RA Community Conversation is to increase member involvement in advancing KNEA's priority work. Each small group consisting of members from different parts of the state discussed issues relating to KNEA's strategic mission.
- KNEA Representative Assembly Action Packed
- While KNEA President Christy Levings stressed "getting down to business" at the KNEA Representative Assembly, the entire working weekend was ultimately about individuals working collectively to make a difference.
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