The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) was created to empower public educators to innovate, take risks and become agents for change to improve teaching and learning in our society. In addition to research and publications, NFIE funds over 300 grants of $1,000 to $3,000 each year. The winners include many VEA members. For grant information, go to the NFIE site .

If you are in the process of pursuing certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), the VEA invites you to . . . More

Fairfax Education Association member Doug Graney, a social studies teacher at Herndon High School, has been named one of five finalists for the . . . More

Waynesboro reading specialist Sharon Bish Leech is not one to shy away from a challenge, but the process she undertook two years ago to obtain her . . . More