{"id":14858,"date":"2017-11-08T12:44:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T17:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backtobasicslearning.com\/?p=14858"},"modified":"2017-12-08T12:59:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T17:59:10","slug":"american-education-week-2017-begins-november-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/american-education-week-2017-begins-november-13\/","title":{"rendered":"American Education Week 2017 begins November 13!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Charter-Schools-Week.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14074\" src=\"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Charter-Schools-Week.jpg\" alt=\"National Charter Schools Week\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Charter-Schools-Week.jpg 266w, https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Charter-Schools-Week-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a>The National Education Association\u2019s American Education Week spotlights the importance of providing\u00a0<em>every child in America<\/em>\u00a0with a quality public education. It also highlights the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great!<\/p>\n<p><strong>History of American Education Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Distressed that 25 percent of the country\u2019s World War I draftees were illiterate and 9 percent were physically unfit, representatives of the the National Education Association\u00a0and the American Legion met in 1919 to seek ways to generate public support for education.<\/p>\n<p>The conventions of both organizations subsequently adopted resolutions of support for a national effort to raise public awareness of the importance of education. In 1921, the NEA Representative Assembly in Des Moines, Iowa, called\u00a0 for designation of one week each year to spotlight education. In its resolution, the NEA called for: \u201cAn educational week \u2026 observed in all communities annually for the purpose of informing the public of the accomplishments and needs of the public schools and to secure the cooperation and support of the public in meeting those needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first observance of American Education Week occurred December 4-10, 1921, with the NEA and American Legion as the cosponsors. A year later, the then U.S. Office of Education joined the effort as a cosponsor, and the PTA followed in 1938.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can you celebrate American Education Week?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NEA offers the following suggestions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share your plans and photos at\u00a0<span id=\"eeb-875764\"><a class=\"mailto-link\" href=\"mailto:AEW@nea.org\">AEW@nea.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Celebrate with your social networks\u00a0and\u00a0use <strong>#PublicSchoolsForALL<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>#AEW2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Check Out 15 Awesome Conversation Starters for Kids at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/listicle.co\/l\/340438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this listicle<\/a>\u00a0of \u201c15 Awesome Questions to Generate Conversation with Your Kids.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>If\u00a0you or a colleague an Education Support Professional, check out a special guide for celebrating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/ESP_2013_Day_Booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Support Professional Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedigitalphotos.net\/images\/view_photog.php?photogid=4096\">stockimages<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freedigitalphotos.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Education Association\u2019s American Education Week spotlights the importance of providing\u00a0every child in America\u00a0with a quality public education. It also highlights the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great! History of American Education Week Distressed that 25 percent of the country\u2019s World War I draftees were illiterate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-parents","category-for-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14859,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14858\/revisions\/14859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backtobasicslearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}