Press Releases

Spanish language press release covering NEA’s recommendation of Vice President Joe Biden to be the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States.

The Senate overturns the Department of Education’s revision of the 2019 Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, an across-political-lines rejection of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s anti-student agenda.

NEA announces cancellation of all upcoming conferences through the end of March, after reports from WHO and the CDC on the potential threats of the COVID-19 virus.

NEA’s popular reading program has a fresh mission to “Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers” all year long by refocusing with more diverse books, authors, and readers.

Trump budget would cut public education funding by $5 billion; NEA President reacts.

Donald Trump once again calls on Congress to divert public school funding into voucher programs in his State of the Union address. NEA President reacts.

NEA launches “We Count”, a campaign promoting participation in the 2020 census through the engagement of its million members and their communities on the once-every-decade process mandated by the U.S. Constitution.

Broad support for students and public education exists when leaders are willing to put bills on the floor.

National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García reacts to the House passage of H.J. Res. 76 to overturn the U.S. Department of Education’s revised 2019 Borrower Defense to Repayment rule.

NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia issues a statement in support of the impeachment of Donald Trump.