News Archive

• NEA-New Mexico Sues Firm To Recover Funds for Educational Retirement Over Ties to Bernie Madoff: Read the story in the Santa Fe New Mexican

• Important Information For Families: Regarding NMPSIA Coverage for Dependents Up To Age 26. The NMPSIA Board voted this month to extend medical coverage to eligible dependent children up to age 26 effective 1/1/2011.

• Apply for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Statewide Afterschool Networks, 2010 Achievement Grant: Statewide priorities are to increase communication, awareness of and advocacy for afterschool programs in New Mexico. 

October 2010

• Las Cruces Teacher is State History Teacher of the Year: (Santa Fe, NM) – Las Cruces history teacher and NEA-NM member Nikolina Keyes received the 2010 Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award which is co-sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the History Channel and Preserve America at the Fall conference for New Mexico Council for the Social Studies last Saturday in Albuquerque. Read on...

• Tony Danza Talks About Respect for Public School Teachers: Tony Danza is crying. He’s not far into a year in which he will teach sophomore English to students at Northeast High School in Philadelphia — as an actual job, not for a role — and he’s come to the realization that he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Read on...

• Attacks on Public Employees-The Agenda Against Us: There’s a 5-part plan designed to quiet the voices of public employees. Take away bargaining, our retirement plans, become “Right-to-Work” for Less, CUT public jobs, and make tax policy favoring the rich. See more from  Rio Grande Foundation They want to take us into the new decade but not the one in this century.

June 2010

• Race to the Top Design Team Announce Assurances:
"The issue of linking teacher evaluations to student learning has been a topic of discussion for several months. The assurances agreed to by the stakeholders acknowledge what we as educators have always said- that student learning matters..."  Sharon Morgan 

May 2010

• Capistrano teachers vote resounding “Yes” to strike authorization: Authorization vote does not mandate strike—gives CUEA Executive Board right to call one if necessary

ALISO VIEJO – “Capistrano teachers have drawn a line to protect our schools and our profession, and sometimes that line is a picket line,” said Capistrano Unified Education Association President Vicki Soderberg, announcing the overwhelming 87 percent thumb’s up from Capistrano Unified School District’s 2,200 teachers in the April 15-16 vote. Continue...

Contact: Vicki Soderberg (949) 463-6951 (cell); vsoderberg@cuea.org or Bill Guy (619) 709-0028 (cell); bguy@cta.org

March 2010

• Special Session Ends. Senate Refuses to Consider Using Severance Tax Funds to Hold Schools Harmless from Cuts, but Cuts less than Senate Planned in Regular Session!

• Can you believe it?! We’ve got health care! As you may know, the U.S. House passed health care reform. This is the most significant health legislation to pass in decades and it delivers some real wins for children and low-income families. Find out more.

"Central Falls Kids Deserve Better"
• Read the joint statement from AFT President Randi Weingarten and Dennis Van Roekel
• Sign the "Central Falls Kids Deserve Better" petition

January 2010

• 2010 Census: It's About Us: This program gives schools a wide range of free, optional, standards-based lessons plans on subjects related to the census, ranging from math to social studies. 
• NEA Joins Effort to Raise Funds for Haitian Earthquake Relief Efforts

Archive: 2009