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Ensuring Our Voices Are Heard: A Primer for Communicating with Legislators
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Coleman, Mick; Hagues, Rachel; Wallinga, Charlotte – Childhood Education, 2012
Now, perhaps more than ever, communicating with legislators is essential to safeguarding the education profession and promoting the well-being of the children and families with whom teachers work. Yet, this task is not always an easy one, primarily because legislators and teachers work in different environments and speak different professional…
Descriptors: Legislators, Teaching (Occupation), Empowerment, State Legislation
Final Legislative and Budget Actions in Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas: Notes from Other SREB States. Legislative Report No. 4
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2010
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) follows education budgets and legislation during regular and special legislative sessions. The Legislative Reports follow education and budget issues from governors' proposals through final legislative actions in each of the 16 SREB states. The reports include bill numbers and legislative Web site…
Descriptors: Legislators, State Legislation, Web Sites, Budgets
Final Actions in Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas. Legislative Report No. 4
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2007
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) follows education budgets and legislation during regular and special legislative sessions. The Legislative Reports follow education and budget issues from governors' proposals through final legislative actions in each of the 16 SREB states. The reports include bill numbers and legislative Web site…
Descriptors: Legislators, Governing Boards, State Officials, State Legislation
Three Spokane Moms Save Their School Libraries
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Whelan, Debra Lau – School Library Journal, 2008
In this article, the author reports on how three women saved their school libraries and created an advocacy model for all. The dynamic trio: Lisa Layera Brunkan, the great researcher with exceptional people skills, Susan McBurney, the master organizer with a Ph.D. in linguistics, and Denette Hill, the numbers lady with fantastic business acumen,…
Descriptors: Web Sites, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Boards of Education