NEA Today Past Issues

This issue covers the effects of the opioid crisis in our schools and communities. We also talk to NEA-Retired members for a look at how their downsizing and changing their lives. Plus, read some tips on becoming a blogger.

What motivates educators to stay in the profession? We talk to veteran and aspiring educators on what drives them. Plus, how the nationwide #MeToo movement has prompted important questions in the nation’s public schools.

On the cover: In the wake of the nationwide opioid crisis educators are doing their best to address students’ physical, cognitive, and emotional needs. Plus, we examine how NEA prepares educators to help erase institutional racism, look at how the #MeToo movement has prompted important conversations in the nation’s public schools, and report on the rising numbers of journalism students at a time when being a journalist is harder than ever.

In this issue, we examine challenges facing education today, "hygge" in the classroom, the cost of education funding cuts, and some big educator organizing wins across the country.

In this issue, read the stories of some NEA-Retired members who are achieving their retirement goals and more, be inspired by a 92-year-old educator still finding ways to teach and motivate, and find out how retirees are affected the new tax law.

In this issue we document the student-led March for Our Lives against gun violence in our schools. Also, three math teachers offer solutions to school funding problems, and we look at creative ways—design thinking, flipped classrooms—for engaging students.

In this issue, we look at what drove educators to create and join the #RedforEd movement. We offer ideas on how teachers can help students discuss big issues like gun laws, sex, and slavery. And we ask if our schools are prepared to tackle student mental health.

A look at how educators are keeping their boats afloat, NEA-Retired members discuss successfully volunteering, and a look at how items donated by retired educators helps active educators create inviting spaces.

Meet 30 young educators who—early in their careers—are building networks of support, growing their skillset, and raising their voices as leaders. We also share back-to-school tips for creating a successful school year and look at six new educator programs from around the country that support new and early career teachers.

Including a story on why so many teachers and paraprofessionals work nights and weekends, how teachers in California are leading the fight for regulations to restrict pesticide sprays, an interview with an anti-racist educator, combatting sexual assault in schools, and more.