National Education Association

educational system and the workers within would be the National Education Association. The NEA has been around in the United States since 1857, where the organization was known as the National Teachers Association, to help teachers within the United States have better pay and treatment within public schools, and to change the education system within the United States to favor the educator and the educated. To understand what the National Education Association is, a brief description of certain aspects that explain how the NEA has become the organization is needed. Since the creation of this organization, the National…

A curriculum can be defined as a written plan that describes the goals for children’s learning and development, and the learning experiences, materials and teaching strategies that are used to help children achieve those goals (Head Start, 1998; National Association for the Education of Young Children [NAEYC], 2005c, as cited in Bredekamp, 2011, p. 299). However, this definition of a curriculum lacks the possibility of explanation and adjustment to individual needs and circumstances. According…

According to the National Education Association, the National Assessment of Educational Progress tested children nationwide for reading skills. The results for reading tests for fourth-grade students were: Below the most basic level 38 percent; Proficient 31 percent, and Advanced 7 percent. These unacceptable scores are raising questions if children are reading enough, and according to the National Education Association, having kids read more is one of the crucial components of becoming a good…

Unknowingly a man invented a game that would soon be played all over the world, his name was James Naismith. Naismith was born on November 6th, 1861 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. Naismith attended McGill University where he got his bachelor's degree in physical education. McGill University then hired Naismith as the physical education teacher and director of athletics. In 1980, Naismith moved on…

Groups like the “National rifle association PAC donate money to political candidates and office holders on behalf of The National Rifle Association, which represent the interest of gun control” I believe is just another example of an interest group taking control of how they think the law should be (We the People Pg. 536). This type of group influences not only the people, but the government too. I do not think that interest groups use their knowledge to influence people because it is their…

As it states on the History section of the WNBA website, the concept of women’s basketball was approved by the NBA Board of Governors on April 24th of 1996; this was the established of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The WNBA begin play in June of 1997. Shortly after the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a women’s basketball league Val Ackermann was named the first president of the WNBA on August 7th, 1996. Before women’s basketball was officially established in…

Played all over the world from the most isolated places to each country in the world. Basketball is for many their passion, their hobby, their jobs and even their world. Basketball has been around for many years. Dr. Naismith, a Physical education instructor, was the inventor of basketball. In 1891, he nailed peach baskets 10 feet up and used a team of nine players and only 13 rules. Surprisingly he used a soccer, my favorite sport, to invent basketball. The story is he was asked to invent an…

few teams were represented including Yale, Minnesota, Dartmouth, Columbia, Chicago, Utah, and Navy. During the fresh new stages of collegiate sports, the majority of the teams played less than 10 games while the fortunate ones were playing 15 or 16 games. Compared to today's standard with sixty-eight teams and sixty-seven games. In the year of 1901, Yale seize a record of 10 and 4 winning the first elusive National College Championship. However, there were controversies revolving around the the…

topic. Most countries now have become very strict regarding gun laws. The United States is continuing to strengthen gun laws due to many mass killings all throughout the states. In fact, there were 372 mass shootings and 475 were killed in 2015 alone (The Fight Over Guns In America.16). Making laws to get guns out of the hands of the wrong people is the motive. However, steps to start this process would be to enforce gun laws to get guns out the wrong hands, to have classes to teach new gun…

Ideal Citizen Assignment: Kobe Bryant Azeem Sheikh Kobe Bryant, (born on august 23rd) is an american professional basketball player. He plays for the los angeles lakers of the national basketball association. He was born in philadelphia but he moved to italy so his dad that was also in the nba could keep playing. Kobe started taking interest i basketball since he was 3 years old and it payed off. His work ethic was second to none and Kobe became the best player drafted out of high school at…