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Investing in Great Teachers - A Union Leads the Way | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

Investing in Great Teachers - A Union Leads the Way | LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights:

Investing in Great Teachers - A Union Leads the Way

Today the largest teachers’ union in the US, the National Education Association (NEA), announced an action plan to strengthen the teaching profession and invest in the development of teacher leaders whose advocacy for and support of effective classroom practitioners will result in improved student learning and stronger public schools. The recommendations made today are based on the work of an independent Commission on Effective Teachers and Teachingmade up of accomplished teachers and educational leaders that looked at best practices from effective teachers across the