Mostrando mensaje 896     < Anterior | Siguiente > Responder a este mensaje Asunto: [irakasten] Americans Celebrate National Teacher Day Fecha: Miercoles, 4 de Mayo, 2005  19:39:46 (+0200) Autor: Mikel Agirregabiria Agirre <agirregabiria @.........net>  http://www.nea.org/teacherday/index.html Americans Celebrate National Teacher Day Thousands of communities took time out May 3, 2005 to honor their local educators and acknowledge the contributions they make to our lives. This year's theme was: Thank a teacher for making public schools great! Listen to the latest radio spot (MP3)  by NEA President Reg Weaver to learn why teacher appreciation should be year-round. While it does take a lot of people to make a school succeed, National Teacher Day focused on the teachers who work to make public schools great places for students to succeed in life. We chose this day to specifically honor teachers and recognize the lasting contributions they make to our lives. It is celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May, so the actual date varies each year. We especially dedicate this day to those teachers who are serving in the U.S. military forces. We all wish them a safe and speedy return. The whole week -- this year May 1-7 -- was designated  Teacher Appreciation Week by the National PTA. We’d like to acknowledge and thank the board, staff and volunteers of Teachers Count for their support of America ’s teachers. You’ll find more about this supportive group at www.teacherscount.org  History The origins of Teacher Day are murky. Around 1944 Arkansas teacher Mattye Whyte Woodridge began corresponding with political and education leaders about the need for a national day to honor teachers. Woodbridge wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt who in 1953 persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day. NEA along with its Kansas and Indiana state affiliates and the Dodge City (Kan. ) local lobbied Congress to create a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared March 7, 1980, as National Teacher Day for that year only. NEA and its affiliates continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day. May 2005 Crea tu propia Red Social de Noticias O participa en las muchas ya creadas. ¡Es lo último, es útil y divertido! ¿A qué esperas? es.corank.com