Press Releases

As millions of students and teachers settle into the new school year, 1,800 of those educators start their sprint for the ballot box - as candidates - this November. Read reaction from NEA’s President, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, about how the #RedForEdWave is crashing into state houses across the country,

National Education Association analysis reveals that Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been a staunch voucher activist for almost 20 years, leaving little doubt that he would use a seat on the Supreme Court to advance the agenda of Betsy DeVos and her allies to undermine public education and rob students of their opportunities to succeed.

NEA blasts proposed guidance by the Department of Education. Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos that would shift Title IV-A funds from mental health programs, bullying prevention, and arts enrichments to funding guns for teachers.

Unprecedented numbers of educators were on their states’ primaries ballots, and voters have spoken: Fighting for our students and public education is a critical priority.

Inspired by NEA’s #RedforEd movement, #RedforFeds is a national day of action supporting in solidarity with the public servants standing up to the Trump administration. This movement coincides with a federal court hearing to challenge executive orders that jeopardize the bargaining rights of more than 300,000 federal workers including more than 6,000 educators who educate military families worldwide.

Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill SCOTUS vacancy, a decision that could mean that public schools lose funding and that educators could lose even more than that.

A Wisconsin high school English and drama teacher has won re-election to serve a second term on NEA’s Executive Committee.

A Chicago biology teacher is elected to his second term on NEA’s Executive Committee.

Delegates at NEA’s 2018 annual convention elect special education teacher Robert V. Rodriguez to serve on its Executive Committee.

Remarks as prepared for delivery by Dr. Loretta Ragsdell, 2018 NEA Higher Educator of the Year, to the 97th NEA Representative Assembly