Last Updated: 11/17/2011*

President Barack Obama this week reaffirmed the importance of education both to our nation's core values and to our future success by signing a proclamation for American Education Week, Nov. 13-19, 2011.

The proclamation reads, in part: "Education has always been central to ensuring opportunity, and to instilling in all our citizens the defining American values of freedom, equality and respect for one another. Our Nation's schools can give students the tools, skills, and knowledge to participate fully in our democracy, and to succeed in college, career, and life. This week, let us reaffirm the importance of education and recognize that we all share in the responsibility to educate our students."

How You Can Get Involved in American Education Week 2011
Here are three things the National Education Association recommends that you can do to make a difference and be part of the American Education Week celebration:

  1. Help fund a teacher's classroom project. Teachers spend on average $350 a year out of their own pockets on classroom materials. To help them, the NEA Foundation is partnering with DonorsChoose.org to fulfill their wish lists for their students. Search NEA members' project requests for classroom learning needs. Select those you like, donate what you can, and the NEA Foundation will match it — up to $250 per request.
  2. Take the Priority Schools Pledge. How do we expose and close the education gaps that deny our students the basics and keep opportunity always a zip code or two away? By showing that our communities will no longer sit quietly at the back of the line for quality teachers and adequate resources. Students succeed if adults intercede, working together and standing for nothing less than excellence. Take the Priority Schools Pledge and NEA will show you a way you can be involved.
  3. Nominate a Classroom Superhero. NEA's Classroom Superheroes campaign allows parents, students, and community members to show educators the support they deserve. Find out more and then nominate your classroom superheroes. 
     

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