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Speech given to the 2018 NEA Representative Assembly by National Teacher of the Year, Mandy Manning.

More than 6,000 educators at the National Education Association’s 2018 Representative Assembly award Ted Dintersmith, public education advocate and former venture capitalist, NEA’s highest honor

NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia reacts to reports that the Trump administration will rescind its guidance to colleges and universities on how they can use race in admissions decisions to promote diversity.

Speech by Sherry Shaw, 2018 ESP of the Year, given at the 97th National Education Association Representative Assembly

Speech by Sherry Shaw, 2018 ESP of the Year, given at the 97th National Education Association Representative Assembly

The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance is awarded NEA’s Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award.

The National Education Association presented to the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association its highest honor, the Rosena J. Willis Memorial Award for its fearless commitment to make sure students thrive while enduring some of the most relentless political attacks in the country.

NEA awards the NEA Rosa Parks Memorial Award to social justice hero Jitu Brown as part of the 2018 NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards

First Lady Michelle Obama and the Know Your Rights Campaign, founded by professional quarterback and racial and social justice advocate Colin Kaepernick, are among the dozen recipients of the prestigious National Education Association Human and Civil Rights Awards.

The Aspiring Educators of the National Education Association yesterday elected a new chair, Rachel Immerman, a student at the University of Kentucky, at their annual Student Leadership Conference, which takes place just prior to the NEA’s yearly Representative Assembly.