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Digital Grandma, Version 6.6
Iowa retiree Susan Wakefield can talk technology and teach it to her peers, too. SUSAN WAKEFIELD IS NOT the kind of senior citizen who has to...
NEA Today, 05/01/06 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Home Is Where Her Heart Is
Maryland's Johnnie Mae Armstrong helps the mentally ill find new homes. ON THE WEEKENDS, one might find Armstrong combing flea markets and...
NEA Today, 03/01/06 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Seeing History for the Trees
Once a logger, always a logger, says retired educator Merv Johnson of Beaverton, Oregon. OHNSON GREW UP IN OREGON logging camps in the 1940s, an...
NEA Today, 02/01/06 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Broadcasting Messages of Hope
Retired South Carolina member Fannie Leonard Simmons takes to the radio waves each week with information and inspiration for county jail inmates. A...
NEA Today, 04/01/05 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Reclaiming Hope
For 32 years, Helen Hollowayput all her heart and energy into teaching social studies to middle schoolers. It didn't go unnoticed. THE BOARD OF...
NEA Today, 03/01/05 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Utah ESPs Take a Stand
Fed up with staff cuts and disrespect, members of Utah's largest ESP organization vote for affiliation with NEA. For years, Utah School Employees...
NEA Today, 01/01/05 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Grooming Tomorrow's Leaders
Retired member Robert Farmer looked at his long-time hometown of Springfield, Tennessee, and felt that while young African Americans lived in the...
NEA Today, 10/01/04 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Where There's Power in Numbers
An Alabama local's membership drive and new spirit of solidarity influences school district policies. NEA LOCAL AFFILIATE: Sumter County (Alabama)...
NEA Today, 04/01/04 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Is Your Job Beyond Description?
Ohio ESPs develop job descriptions that clarify their roles-and contributions to public education. Too often, individual education support...
NEA Today, 02/01/04 by Simon, Matt · More from publication -
Painful Experiences, Powerful Lessons
When retired California member Amy Tsubokawa was nine, her family-like thousands of Japanese-American families-was sent to an internment camp for...
NEA Today, 02/01/04 by Simon, Matt · More from publication
