NEA Resources

Rankings and Estimates 2004-2005

NEA’s Rankings and Estimates report ( PDF, 1 MB, 129 pgs) shows salaries for the nation's teachers just barely kept pace with living costs in the 1990s. (2005) Updated ( PDF, 8 pgs) in the fall of 2005.

NEA Today: 'It's Hard to Stick Around'

The nation has a teacher retention crisis, and this NEA Today article has the data to prove it.  Among the factors driving ever more teachers to quit the profession before retirement age is a lack of professional say over issues such as curriculum and discipline. (May 2005)

NEA, Cable in the Classroom Look at Teacher Retention

Promising young educators and their seasoned colleagues are leaving our nation's schools at alarming rates.  Almost a third leave the profession after only three years, and half exit after five. That's why NEA teamed up with Cable in the Classroom to produce the Spring 2004 issue of their quarterly publication, Threshold.  Read this issue of Threshold , entitled "Staying Power: What We Must Do To End the Teacher Retention Shortage" for solutions to slowing the exodus.

NEA Guide Offers Best Practices for Recruiting, Retaining Teachers

The NEA's Meeting the Challenges of Recruitment and Retention is the most comprehensive list ever compiled of strategies to recruit and retain teachers. (2003)

Wanted: More Male Teachers

A quarter of America's teachers are men but that number steadily declined over the past two decades. Find out what's causing the shortage and how the Association plans to increase recruitment. (2003)

Interested in a Teaching Career?

Visit the NEA Student Program section of this Web site to find what you need to succeed. Helpful articles, state-by-state employment data, and peer networking are just a mouse click away.

NEA Guide Helps Welcome Teachers to Profession

A Better Beginning: Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive is a guide to help local NEA affiliates set up new teacher support systems. It is full of advice to welcome teachers into the profession.

Status of the American Public School Teacher

The Status of the American Public School Teacher report  reveals educators spend much of their own time expanding their knowledge and skills, and hundreds of their own dollars purchasing classroom supplies for their students. (2003)

Trends in Foreign Teacher Recruitment

The dearth of U.S. educators in some specialty areas — and a shortage of those willing to work in urban schools — is helping to create a growing global market for teachers. NEA's report profiles trends in foreign teacher recruitment. (2003)