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Issue: 812 Date: 3/16/2006
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Reg Weaver, president of National Education Association (NEA), met with Asian community
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State Representative Maria Chappell-Nadal called the Asian community to organize a meeting with NEA President Reg Weaver, who plans to visit the St. Louis on March 8, 2006. Mr. Weaver met the Asian community from 2:30-4:00 p.m at the Forest Park Community College to discuss public education issues in St. Louis. Mari Chappelle-Nadal and Missouri NEA president Greg Jung were there at the meeting to join the discussion.
Reg Weaver is the president of the 2.7 million-member National Education Association, the largest organization of educators in the country. He is serving his second term as head of the nation𠏋 largest professional employee organization at a time when public education is under increasing attack from school voucher advocates, lawmakers cutting education spending, and an administration pushing a one xie fits all approach to learning. As NEA president, Mr. Weaver travels the country, working tirelessly as an ambassador for public education, and advocating quality public schools for every child.
Maria gave a short introduction at the meeting. Then, Mr. Weaver introduced the concept of pyramid in assessing public school education system. That is, the accountability of school, the top of the pyramid, should be based on resources and capability of the schools, which in turn depend on fund and equitable allocation of budget from the system. The budget of the school has to rely on tax revenues and economic system in the district. Mr. Greg Jung explained more and elaborated the top agenda for the NEA this year discussed by Mr. Weaver as there will be a close call for voting on the voucher system in Missouri.
At the meeting, Hung-Gay Fung and Grace Liu raised the question as how Chinese language should be implemented in the public school education system in St. Louis, while Cody Ding discussed issues relating to a strategy in advocating public school education. Sunghei Han, the Korea representative and the Philippine representative propose sensitivity and culture training sessions and consulting group for teachers related to the Asian community. |
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