The National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, gives a history of the celebration on its Web site.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Dennis Van Roekel of the National Education Association said the plan "still relies on standardized tests to identify winners and losers."

VOA: special.2010.03.18

A few years ago, the National Education Association asked teachers what they would most like to receive in appreciation of their efforts.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Americans are considering national education standards recently developed by teachers and other education experts.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

The National Education Association continued to observe the day in March.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Americans have never had national education standards.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The National Association for Sport and Physical Education says twenty to thirty students in a P.E.class should be the limit.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

But critics of national standards say the idea goes against one of America's oldest traditions -- local control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

"They say this is a state-led effort," he says, but he thinks the goal is national control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

The Ethiopian National Association of the Blind helped write a training document on how to include blind people in education projects.

VOA: special.2011.06.29

One group that has some ideas is the National Center on Education and the Economy.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

The National Arboretum is an active center for both scientific research and public education.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

That is precisely what we are doing." The National Center on Education and the Economy will be working with eight states on a project to test board examination systems.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

She is with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

The president called for a greater emphasis on math and science education in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences in April.

VOA: standard.2009.11.24