On behalf of the National Education Association, whose 3 million members educate and support students in public schools across America and in schools on stateside and overseas military bases, I urge ...

The Trump administration’s plan to move special education out of the Department of Education threatens our progress in meeting the needs of vulnerable students. This year, we are marking the 50th ...

The NEA Education Support Professional (ESP) of the Year Award, presented by NEA and NEA Member Benefits, honors a member who demonstrates outstanding accomplishments and whose achievements reflect ...

Changes in starting salaries are representative of what is happening with teacher salaries across the board, and this decrease in inflation-adjusted pay could not have come at a worse time. Though ...

According to a recent NEA member survey, a staggering 55 percent of educators say they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than planned. While fallout from the pandemic could be the ...

On election day, voters in Nebraska, Colorado, and Kentucky delivered a stunning rebuke to school vouchers. A diverse coalition of educators, parents, and community members in each state mobilized to ...

Standardized tests don’t accurately measure student learning and growth. Unlike standardized tests, performance-based assessment allows students to choose how they show learning. Performance-based ...

In the 1950s, segregationists promoted private school vouchers to help White parents avoid sending their children to desegregated schools. A new book explores how "choice" ideology is rooted in white ...

According to a new survey from the American Psychological Association, one-third of teachers report that they experienced at least one incident of verbal harassment or threat of violence from students ...

lower class sizes; give support to students with ADHD, dyslexia, and other disabilities; feed hungry students so they can learn; provide one-on-one tutoring; and make the cost of higher education and ...

NEA Higher Ed members are sitting on mountains of data that they assembled through federally funded research but are now cut off before sharing the findings that U.S. taxpayers paid for. Their topics ...

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, school counselor, paraeducator, bus driver, cafeteria worker or school secretary, everyone who works in a public school faces a new school year ready to do the job ...