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We have had the opportunity to join together, share ideas and offer ideals which will change the focus of education to be teacher driven. Three years from now VIVA will continue to be a respected voice in education reform nationwide. — Kathy Sullivan, Teacher, MTA: Gateway Communities

Teacher Blog Posts

Jim Szewc

Give Educators the Tools to Be Lifelong Learners

Jim Szewc, a fourth grade reading teacher in Florida’s Hillsborough County Public Schools, responds to a recent blog extolling technological innovations that are promoting lifelong learning strategies.

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Equal Opportunity in Kindergarten

Beth Hillerns, who teaches Title I at East Central Elementary School near Sandstone, Minn., believes all students deserve access to full-day kindergarten.

Kathleen Sullivan

A Call for Investment: Our Schools, Our Children, Our Future

Kathleen Sullivan, a fifth grade science teacher in Malden, Mass., has some ideas for investing in students.

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Teacher Talk on School Climate: Armed and Pedagogical?

Kori MIlroy, Grammar School Science, Chicago, IL

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Teacher leadership: How about some autonomy?

By Kim Farris-Berg, Special  to VIVA Teachers Let’s drop our assumptions about the nature of teaching jobs, and imagine something … Read More

Idea Exchange Updates

Download a copy of Sensible Solutions for Safer Schools: An Educators’ Vision for Positive Learning Environments

Sensible Solutions for Safer Schools: An Educators’ Vision for Positive Learning Environments

On April 24, 2013, the members of the Writing Collaborative presented their ideas to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and his senior staff, … Read More

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VIVA Teachers work highlighted in Education Next

From a piece by Richard Lee Colvin. Each of these anecdotes represents a facet of a small but rapidly growing national movement to give … Read More

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