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Our nation’s teachers help children achieve academically and learn the skills they will need to be successful and productive citizens.
First grade teacher Leslie Richardson with her students © 2016 NEA / Moses Mitchell Photography
First grade teacher, Leslie Richardson with her students at Greenwood Elementary School in Tahlequah, OK

Our nation’s teachers not only help children read, write, and achieve academically, they teach them the skills they will need to be successful and productive citizens. The role of classroom teachers in our society could not be more crucial: Every American job, invention, and advancement is made possible by the work our nation's teachers do.

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I knew what I could do within my classrooms, but I could see how the systems weren’t working for some of our marginalized students. I wanted to help the systems become better for our students, and taking on different leadership roles within the union allowed me to do that.
Quote by: Tucker Quetone, High School English Teacher, Rochester (Minn.) Education Association
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