Child Labor Impedes Education

Classroom Resources

The International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE) has resources and avenues for student learning about global child labor issues across the country adn the world.  Explore the link between poverty, child labor, and education through a spectrum of student materials.

Child Soldiers Protocol
Warring nations, paramilitaries and guerilla groups use children under the age of 18 as soldiers. There are approximately 300,000 children in over 40 countries currently in military conflict.

NEA Speaks Out Against Child Slavery

NEA has partnered with prominent Haitian Americans to speak out against child slavery in Haiti. NEA President Reg Weaver is committed to advocating for the basic right for all children to receive a free, quality public school education.

As a member of the Executive Board of Education International (EI), President Weaver fully supports EI's comprehensive program opposing child labor and encourages NEA members to get involved by signing and returning the petition to end child slavery in Haiti. Click here to download the petition. (  PDF, 462 KB, 1 pg.)

For more information, please contact Nikki Barnes in the NEA Minority Community Outreach Department at nbarnes@nea.org or (202) 822-7333.