LAFREC organises a two-day study tour for school leaders, and education officers on the role of schools in environment conservation and the management of eco-clubs.

The visit took the educators from Rutsiro&Ngororero Districts to Nyungwe national Park, Groupe Scolaire Nkungu and the Wildlife Conservation Society/Nyungwe to learn from the practices of others.

On Thursday, September 21, 2017 CLASP held its annual Américas Award K-12 educator workshop this year co-hosted by American University’s School of Education. The workshop highlighted three Américas Award books that portray different perspectives of migration. Award winner Alexandra Díaz presented her book, The Only Road; Honorable Mention author Reyna Grande shared her story of migration from her YA memoir, The Distance Between Us; and Nadia Hohn, an Honorable Mention author, highlighted a different story of migration from the Caribbean with her book, Malaika’s Costume. In addition, curriculum specialist Rebeca Gamez offered strategies to incorporate these themes into the classroom. Finally, Fayette Colon of the inspiring social justice in education and advocacy organization Teaching for Change, a cosponsor of the workshop, discussed additional resources for educator participants

This year’s accompanying Américas Award ceremony was held in the Whittall Pavilion in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress on Friday, September 22. We awarded the 2017 award winners and honorable mention authors. The ceremony was held at 2:30 pm We celebrated this year’s award with winners Susan Hood, and Sally Wern Comport for their book Ada’s Violin (Simon & Schuster) and Alexandra Díaz for The Only Road (Simon & Schuster) along with honorable mention authors, Nadia Hohn for Malaika’s Costume (Groundwood Books) and Reyna Grande for The Distance Between Us (Simon & Schuster). The Américas Award is sponsored by CLASP and coordinated by Denise Woltering-Vargas (Tulane University) and Colleen McCoy (Vanderbilt University) with generous support provided by Florida International University, Stanford University, University of Florida, University of New Mexico, University of Utah, and the University of Wisconsin –Milwaukee.

Connected Virtual Educator Hangout with Rosie and Robert Vjotek

The Valdosta-Lowndes Retired Educators' Association held their November meeting on Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Valdosta, GA.

Outstanding Educators awards ceremony and James Thomas award, teacher Patricia Baran, left, administrator Louise Teringo from Twinsburg High School and Bryan Mays, right.

Educators enjoy a special after-hours viewing of the exhibits at the National Archives while learning about resources and workshops for National History Day. They include options for video conferencing programs into their classroom, DocsTeach online resources and lesson plans, Learning Labs, field trip planning, and more during an Educators Open House at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2018.

Connected Virtual Educator Hangout with Rosie and Robert Vjotek

I showed up real early for my office's Educator of the Year banquet, which recognizes K-12 teachers in Kane County. I got bored and took some photos to kill time. Got a little artsy fartsy here.

@ 2015 D.A. Wagner

Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (Pocuro, Calle Larga, 6 de febrero de 1879-Santiago, 25 de noviembre de 1941) fue un político, educador y abogado chileno.

Miembro del Partido Radical (PR) el cual presidió entre 1919 y 1921, luego de dos periodos consecutivos como diputado en representación de los departamentos de San Felipe, Putaendo y Los Andes (1915-1918) y de la provincia de Santiago (1918-1921), fue designado como ministro de Justicia e Instrucción Pública, entre enero y septiembre de 1918, durante la presidencia del liberal Juan Luis Sanfuentes, y luego como ministro del Interior durante el primer gobierno del también liberal Arturo Alessandri Palma, brevemente en 1920 y en 1924. Bajo el lema «Gobernar es educar», fue elegido como presidente de la República de Chile para el período entre 1938 y 1944, en una de las elecciones más ajustadas de la historia republicana.​

Antes de cumplir un año de gobierno debió enfrentar el terremoto de Chillán y el llamado «Ariostazo». Durante su mandato, impulsó un fuerte proceso de industrialización, para lo que fundó la Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (Corfo) como parte de un ambicioso plan de desarrollo económico que contemplaba la construcción de plantas eléctricas y siderúrgicas, la explotación de petróleo, el apoyo a la industria manufacturera y la mecanización de la agricultura.​ Referente a este último tema, no obstante haber propuesto en su libro El problema agrario (1929) que el Estado debía redistribuir las tierras improductivas y que su propio programa de gobierno contemplaba la reforma agraria, la que nunca llegó a efectuarse en estos años.

En concordancia con su lema de campaña, otro eje fundamental de su administración fue la expansión de la educación primaria​ y, la creación de la «Secretaría General de Defensa de la Raza y Aprovechamiento de las Horas Libres».​ Su gobierno sería el primero de las tres administraciones sucesivas conocidas como «gobiernos radicales» que existirían en el país hasta 1952. De estos, el suyo fue el único en permanecer en la memoria popular del siglo xx, al liderar el Frente Popular y llevar a cabo un gobierno que promovió la industrialización y la educación al servicio de los intereses populares.​

Su gobierno también se destacó por desarrollar una activa política cultural. En 1939 promovió el otorgamiento del Premio Nobel de Literatura a Gabriela Mistral, con quien lo unía una estrecha amistad, aunque ésta recién lo obtuvo en 1945. También ordenó elaborar un proyecto de ley para crear el Premio Nacional de Literatura que finalmente fue promulgado en 1942.

Popularmente conocido como Don Tinto o el Ministro del Panqueque, por su vinculación a la industria vitivinícola,​ y como El Presidente de los pobres.

La tuberculosis le impidió terminar su mandato, falleciendo a mitad de este. Después de su muerte, la figura del presidente se consolidó en el imaginario popular a través de su viuda Juana Aguirre Luco, quien siguió desplegando una activa función social que ayudó a realzar su propia figura y la de su esposo, como exponentes de una política popular puesta al servicio de los más desposeídos.​

En su honor, se fundó una base antártica y el antiguo sector de Ochagavía (al sur de Santiago) dio origen a un Departamento6​ con su nombre que comprendía la actual comuna de Pedro Aguirre Cerda y otros municipios del sector sur de Santiago. Asimismo, se le otorgó su nombre a una estación de ferrocarril.

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Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (Pocuro, Calle Larga, February 6, 1879-Santiago, November 25, 1941) was a Chilean politician, educator and lawyer.

Member of the Radical Party (PR), which he presided between 1919 and 1921, after two consecutive periods as deputy representing the departments of San Felipe, Putaendo and Los Andes (1915-1918) and the province of Santiago (1918-1921). ), he was appointed as Minister of Justice and Public Instruction, between January and September 1918, during the presidency of the liberal Juan Luis Sanfuentes, and then as Minister of the Interior during the first government of the also liberal Arturo Alessandri Palma, briefly in 1920 and in 1924. Under the motto "To govern is to educate", he was elected president of the Republic of Chile for the period between 1938 and 1944, in one of the closest elections in republican history.

Before completing a year in government, he had to face the Chillán earthquake and the so-called "Ariostazo." During his mandate, he promoted a strong industrialization process, for which he founded the Production Development Corporation (Corfo) as part of an ambitious economic development plan that contemplated the construction of electrical and steel plants, oil exploitation, support for the manufacturing industry and the mechanization of agriculture. Regarding this last issue, despite having proposed in his book The Agrarian Problem (1929) that the State should redistribute unproductive lands and that its own government program contemplated reform agrarian, which was never carried out in these years.

In accordance with his campaign slogan, another fundamental axis of his administration was the expansion of primary education and the creation of the "General Secretariat for the Defense of the Race and Use of Free Hours." His government would be the first of the three successive administrations known as "radical governments" that would exist in the country until 1952. Of these, his was the only one to remain in the popular memory of the 20th century, by leading the Popular Front and carrying out a government that promoted industrialization and education at the service of popular interests.​

His government also stood out for developing an active cultural policy. In 1939 he promoted the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Gabriela Mistral, with whom he had a close friendship, although she only obtained it in 1945. He also ordered the preparation of a bill to create the National Prize for Literature, which was finally promulgated in 1942. .

Popularly known as Don Tinto or the Pancake Minister, due to his ties to the wine industry, and as The President of the Poor.

Tuberculosis prevented him from finishing his term, dying halfway through it. After his death, the figure of the president was consolidated in the popular imagination through his widow Juana Aguirre Luco, who continued to play an active social role that helped enhance her own figure and that of her husband, as exponents of a popular policy. put at the service of the most dispossessed.​

In his honor, an Antarctic base was founded and the old sector of Ochagavía (south of Santiago) gave rise to a Department6​ with his name that included the current commune of Pedro Aguirre Cerda and other municipalities in the southern sector of Santiago. Likewise, a railway station was named after him.

Connected Virtual Educator Hangout with Rosie and Robert Vjotek

Outstanding Educators awards ceremony and 2015 Inductees of Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary.

The Valdosta-Lowndes Retired Educators' Association held their November meeting on Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Valdosta, GA.

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Photographer: Madeline Seton '14

Outstanding Educators awards ceremony and James Thomas award, administrator Louise Teringo, left, Bryan Mays and teacher Patricia Baran, right, from Twinsburg High School.

Every year, the College of Education hosts a back-to-school thank-you reception for Pullman-area educators, in particular the Pullman School District, with whom the college has had a special relationship for a number of years. This year's event took place at South Fork on August 22.

The Valdosta-Lowndes Retired Educators' Association held their November meeting on Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Valdosta, GA.

The Valdosta-Lowndes Retired Educators' Association held their November meeting on Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Valdosta, GA.

The Valdosta-Lowndes Retired Educators' Association held their November meeting on Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Valdosta, GA.

Outstanding Educators awards ceremony and James Thomas award Linda Imhoff, left, Heather Biernacki and administrator Mark Smithberger, right, of Strongsville High School.

Outstanding Educators awards ceremony and James Thomas award, President Robert Helmer, left, teacher Patricia Baran, administrator Louise Teringo from Twinsburg High School and Bryan Mays, right.

Educators in Georgia met in Atlanta at the Georgia International Conference Center for the Georgia Educational Technology Conference and the Georgia Leadership Conference.

The Valdosta-Lowndes Retired Educators' Association held their November meeting on Monday, November 12, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Valdosta, GA.

Educators enjoy a special after-hours viewing of the exhibits at the National Archives while learning about resources and workshops for National History Day. They include options for video conferencing programs into their classroom, DocsTeach online resources and lesson plans, Learning Labs, field trip planning, and more during an Educators Open House at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2018.

Outstanding Educators awards ceremony and 2015 Inductees of Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary.

The National Association of Cuban American Educators (NACAE) awarded "Educator of the Year 2012" Dr. Modesto A. Maidique, President Emeritus of Florida International University (FIU), Alva H. Chapman Jr. Eminent Scholar Chair in Leadership, Executive Director of the Center for Leadership and Professor of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, all at FIU. Dr. Maidique was FIU President for 23 years, the first Cuban-American university president in the U.S.

The event also gave the scholarship NACAE "Gastón Fernández de la Torriente" the student Carolina Sanchez