September 2009

Education Daily Quotes National PTA on Support of Draft of Common Core State Standards

PTA NEWSWIRE- Education Daily, arguably the education community's premier daily news service, quoted National PTA in the lead story of today's issue. The quote came from National PTA's statement released today giving its full support of the draft for college-and-career readiness standards that were released this morning as a part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. 

As an endorsing partner of the initiative, National PTA is supportive of the proposed fewer, clearer and higher standards and sees tremendous value in the ability of the standards to ensure educational equity among individual schools, districts and states. Click here view the complete statement. An excerpt of the Education Daily article is below.

EXCERPT FROM EDUCATION DAILY
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Coalition releases Common Core standards draft
Many educators pleased with proposal

By James Michael Brodie
Education stakeholders were generally pleased on Monday with what could well become the basis for de facto national K-12 standards for English and math.

The National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers released the first public draft of common standards on Monday. The highly anticipated standards are the official opening salvo in the groups' Common Core State Standards Initiative, a process being led by governors and chief state school officers in 51 states and territories…

National PTA President Charles J. Saylors said the proposed standards offer the potential to ensure equity among schools, districts and states. PTA is an endorsing partner of the Initiative.

“Geographic or socioeconomic factors should not dictate the level of education that all students are entitled to receive,” said Saylors. “The great benefit of the standards is that they will ensure a level playing field among states, school districts and schools…”

National PTA Earns National Coverage Supporting President's Back to School Speech

PTA NEWSWIRE - National PTA continues to be positioned as a thought leader on education issues as national publications and television networks turned to PTA for perspective on U.S. President Barack Obama's back to school speech on the first day of school.  National PTA leaders participated in interviews with USA Today, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC and CBS' “The Early Show.” Click on the links below to view the interviews.

National PTA Supports President Obama's Prepared Remarks for Back to School





National PTA Supports President Obama's Prepared remarks for Back to School

CBS' “The Early Show”

Planned Obama speech to students sparks protest

Some Parents Choose Not to Allow Their Kids to Hear Obama's National Address

Obama speech to schools riles some Upstate parents

PTA NEWSWIRE- The first-ever School Year's Eve celebration made headlines in national entertainment television shows and magazines. The campaign was developed by National PTA and Cookie magazine as a new national holiday to help families celebrate and kick off the new school year. "90210" star Jennie Garth and her family celebrated with local students from Palm Lane Elementary, National PTA and Cookie at Disneyland.  Click the links below to view the coverage.

Jennie Garth celebrates School Years Eve at Disneyland!




National PTA and Cookie Magazine featured on Entertainment Tonight

Jennie Garth and Girls Celebrate School Year's Eve

News Reports on Launch of National PTA's Urban Family
Engagement Initiative

PTA NEWSWIRE- National PTA's launch of its Urban Family Engagement Initiative garnered local coverage. The first three target cities (Miami, Albuquerque, and Houston) hosted back to school rallies and a family day.  Other cities will conduct events in the upcoming months. Click on the links below to view media coverage.

Miami-Dade Kicks Off New School Year With A Rally

Back-to-school preparedness event

PTA holds back-to-school rally

National PTA Announces Newest Ambassador: Deloris Jordan

PTA NEWSWIRE- National PTA recently announced Deloris Jordan as its newest National Ambassador. Jordan, a child advocate and mother of NBA legend Michael Jordan, will work with PTA to engage more parents in the lives of their children. In her new role as a National PTA Ambassador, Jordan advocates to increase parent awareness and involvement in their children's education, school, and community PTA meetings. Jordan will also work alongside the National PTA Urban Family Engagement Initiative to increase parent involvement in the target cities and their underfunded schools. Click here to view the news release. Click the link below to see a media report on the news.

Deloris Jordan Joins National PTA as Newest Ambassador

Univision TV Chicago Reports on PTA and Involved Latino Parents

PTA NEWSWIRE- Univision TV in Chicago recently reported on the positive effects of parent involvement and how PTA can help.  The news report focuses on a local family who helped their child succeed by getting involved.  Click the link below to view the TV news package.

Univision covers local Chicago family emphasizing the impact PTA has on education and father involvement.

Southern News Outlet Covers United We Read

PTA NEWSWIRE- An joint effort by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), Communities In Schools (CIS) New Orleans, and National PTA, called United We Read, received local coverage in Louisiana.  Approximately 2,500 children in six New Orleans schools received free books, as well as a United We Read backpack that includes parent and family resources from PTA, RIF, and CIS. The initiative is in support of the United We Serve national effort launched by President Obama to engage more Americans in serving their communities this summer.  Click here to view the news release and click the link below to see the story.

A Fundamental Skill

NBC Atlanta Features Parents Efforts on Healthy Lifestyles

PTA NEWSWIRE- A group of local parents are taking a stance against ‘fast food.' They're calling it, ‘slow food.'  The NBC affiliate in Atlanta took notice and shined a positive light on their efforts.  Click the link below to view the news report. 

Slow Food Movement

Setting it Straight in Massachusetts

PTA NEWSWIRE- In response to a recent editorial in a local newspaper in Massachusetts which stated errors-in-fact about PTA, the Massachusetts PTA issued its own editorial to set the record straight.  Click the link below to view the editorial written by Massachusetts PTA President Kim Hunt.

Get the facts about PTA

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