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Remarks as prepared for delivery by Rodney Robinson, 2019 National Teacher of the Year, to the 98th Representative Assembly

July 6, 2019

Speech given by Rodney Robinson at the 98th Representative Assembly after he is named NEA’s National Teacher of the Year 2018.

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Saginaw Valley State University Professor Honored as 2019 Higher Educator of the Year

July 6, 2019

At the 2019 NEA Representative Assembly in Houston, Texas, a Michigan professor is awarded NEA’s Higher Educator of the Year.

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Educators emerge energized from #StrongPublicSchools presidential forum

July 5, 2019

President Lily Eskelsen Garcìa hosted the #StrongPublicSchools presidential forum before nearly 10,000 NEA members and guests in Houston, energizing educators who are poised to play a powerful role in the 2020 presidential campaign.

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Pennsylvania’s Dolores McCracken Awarded with National Education Association’s Highest Honor

July 5, 2019

The former president of the Pennsylvania Education Association (PSEA) was posthumously awarded NEA’s highest honor: NEA Friend of Education Award. Her two adult children accepted the award at the 2019 NEA Representative Assembly.

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Remarks by NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcìa as prepared for delivery at the National Education Association Representative Assembly and Annual Meeting taking place July 4 – 7 in Houston, Texas.

July 4, 2019

National Education Association’s President Lily Eskelsen Garcia’s speech at NEA’s 1029 Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly

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Educators recognize 12 human and civil rights champions at annual ceremony

July 3, 2019

The National Education Association honored 12 advocates of human and civil rights in America with its highest recognition, the NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards. The honorees include a 1964 Freedom Summer participant and a surviving member the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike.

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Winter Marshall-Allen voted NEA’s 2019 Social Justice Activist of the Year

July 2, 2019

National Education Association’s 2019 Social Justice Activist of the Year award is presented to an Alaska special education teacher for her compassion to all students, regardless of identity or ability.

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NEA Announces #StrongPublicSchools Presidential Forum

June 26, 2019

The National Education Association announced a first-ever #StrongPublicSchools Presidential Forum at the union’s annual Representative Assembly in Houston, TX, where several 2020 candidates will get the opportunity to answer questions from America’s educators.

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NEA announces Kim Anglin Anderson as its next executive director

June 26, 2019

Kim Anglin Anderson will serve as the next executive director of the National Education Association. NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia issues a statement.

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NEA to honor 12 human and civil rights champions at annual ceremony

June 17, 2019

National Education Association’s most prestigious NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards will be presented to 12 social justice champions recipients at its Human and Civil Rights Awards ceremony.

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Remarks as prepared for delivery by Rodney Robinson, 2019 National Teacher of the Year, to the 98th Representative Assembly

Saginaw Valley State University Professor Honored as 2019 Higher Educator of the Year

Educators emerge energized from #StrongPublicSchools presidential forum

Pennsylvania’s Dolores McCracken Awarded with National Education Association’s Highest Honor

Remarks by NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcìa as prepared for delivery at the National Education Association Representative Assembly and Annual Meeting taking place July 4 – 7 in Houston, Texas.

Educators recognize 12 human and civil rights champions at annual ceremony

Winter Marshall-Allen voted NEA’s 2019 Social Justice Activist of the Year

NEA Announces #StrongPublicSchools Presidential Forum

NEA announces Kim Anglin Anderson as its next executive director

NEA to honor 12 human and civil rights champions at annual ceremony

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