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Lawmakers prep for 1st full week

...grappling with how to deal with $11 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. A major union in the state, National Education Association-Alaska, supports a return to defined benefits. The bill would give new and current employees the option...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-01-22/lawmakers-prep-for-1st-full-week
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Parents should have choice in educating children

...child. The current cost for non-public schools is between 1/2 to 2/3 the cost of public schools. The National Education Association vehemently opposes this legislation as do some members of local school boards and school superintendents...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/2012-02-14/parents-should-have-choice-in-edu
Opinion
Negotiations continue between district, associations

...said. Druce said the dues for KPEA members is $1152 for full time teachers, which include $178 for the National Education Association, $647 for the state level, $312 for the local level and $15 for a political action fee. "When you're...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-02-15/negotiations-continue-between-distri
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Waisanen: Everybody should have a choice

...a $1,000 donation from the Alaska Public Employees Association. Waisanen has also been endorsed by the National Education Association. Campaigning this season for Waisanen has included sending out a mailer, attending a debate forum hosted...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/102810/new_727328292.shtml
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Parents can help keep schools safe

...ways to respond to bullying. Help your child value individual differences in schoolmates. Keep the lines of communication open with your child. The above infomraiton was provided by the National Education Association--Alaska.

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/081102/bac_081102bts017.shtml
Winning Tips For Year-Round School Success

...students to keep that enthusiasm and momentum going all year long,? said Reg Weaver, president of the National Education Association (NEA). ?When the butterflies from the first day of school settle and the shiny new school supplies have...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/081507/dispatch_0815dis004.shtml
Business Briefs

...The board oversees Central Peninsula Hospital. Salo is a retired teacher, former president of Alaska's National Education Association and a former legislator. She also worked for six years with the Alaska Children's Trust, a non-profit...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/012408/business_3722.shtml
Business
Cost of supplies often borne by teachers

...spend an average of $589 of their own money on school supplies and instructional materials each year. The National Education Association estimates teachers on average spend about $400. Friedersdorff began teaching in the district in 1978. She...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/041402/new_041402new7880001.shtml
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Education suit ruling expected

...argues that the state has repeatedly failed to live up to that obligation. In a press release Monday, the National Education Association-Alaska, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, said that over the past two decades while lawmakers had ?systematically...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/061207/news_0612new002.shtml
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NEA staff agrees on contract; returns to work

...staff have reached a deal on a new four-year contract, ending a strike by the union's 23 employees. The National Education Association-Alaska and its employees in the National Staff Organization-Alaska each ratified a tentative agreement...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/020601/ala_020601ala0080001.shtml
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