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Parental Engagement
Dana Chivvis // May. 31, 2011 // 7:00 AM

Empowered by the parent trigger law, parents in the Los Angeles area are beginning to form groups modeled on unions. More



Pearl Andrews // May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

Andrews is a devoted wife of 23 years, a loving mother of three children, and a Tipton County school teacher for grades 6-12 at the Teen Learning Cent   More



Education Nation // May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

Moms may like cards and flowers on Mother's Day, but this year we asked a few delegates to Parenting magazine's Mom Congress what's on their education   More



Melissa Bilash // May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

Bilash is one of only 78 federally trained child advocates in the country who says the only time her job feels like work is when she's away from her o   More



Jennifer DeFranco // May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

Defranco is a soccer coach, a Girl Scout Troop leader, a mother of two, and a bully to bullies in her hometown of Palatine, Ill. More



Kim Kuhlman // May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

After nine and a half years as a stay-at-home mom, Kuhlman returned to work as a teaching assistant and a reading advocate. More



Liza Weidle // May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

Weidle has held several positions in the Wake County, N.C. public school system – one that has garnered national attention recently for bitter protest   More



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Philadelphia: June 5-12 2011
Education Nation On-the-Road’s last stop was Philadelphia! You can still watch video from the Philadelphia Teacher Town Hall and Job One events here at EducationNation.com. More
Los Angeles: May 13-19 2011
Education Nation On-the-Road was in Los Angeles May 13-19. Check out highlights from the Teacher Town Hall and Job One panel discussion, and find out more about the challenges and opportunities for LA’s school system. More
Chicago: May 1-7 2011
Education Nation On-the-Road’s first stop was Chicago, Illinois! Chicago locals visited us at the Education Nation Experience on NBC Plaza, and 250 teachers came together for a Teacher Town Hall to talk about challenges and opportunities inside and outside the classroom. NBC News also convened Chicago civic and business leaders for a discussion on how best to prepare our students for the jobs of the future. More