Mary Ellen Flannery

We know that happy feet mean healthy educators— and the right pair of shoes can save your ankles, knees, hips, and backs! That's why NEA Today put together its first-ever, 10-member NEA Today Shoe Council. Over the past months, these educators have laced up, slipped on, and walked hundreds of miles on concrete classroom floors, wooden P.E. courts, across parade grounds and playgrounds. Now, we are toe-tally excited to reveal the brands that worked best for them!

Boys today are less likely to go to college and more likely to struggle with loneliness and lack of purpose. NEA members are working to change that.

On November 3, NEA joined a coalition of cities and unions in filing suit against the Trump-Vance administration, which has threatened to deny Public Service Loan Forgiveness from some workers.

Union members at the University of Massachusetts Boston/Amherst have been working for almost 500 days without a contract. Why won’t UMass administrators provide them with a living wage?

Banned Books Week 2025 is Oct 5-11. Learn how to advocate for students’ right to read.

Dan Gill, an NEA member for 55 years, is the author of "No More Chairs."

The talented New York college student was abducted by ICE last month.

Teresa M. Hodge, Ph.D., an associate professor of math at Broward College in Florida, is NEA's Higher Educator of the Year. Recently, she addressed the nearly 7,000 delegates and guests at the NEA Representative Assembly.

With nearly 7,000 delegates and guests at the 2025 NEA Representative Assembly, it would be impossible to meet everyone! Here are a few of the educators—and artists—in Portland, Ore., this week.

The poster said, “Everyone is Welcome Here.” School officials told Sarah Inama to take it down.

While more than $1.5 billion in federal grant money has been terminated by the Trump administration, the consequences at state universities and community colleges are particularly dire.

For her innovative, student-focused approach as an educator, plus her warmth and fierce advocacy as a union leader, Florida’s Teresa M. Hodge is this year’s honoree.

These bushy-tailed, canine “co-teachers” help student mental health—but that’s not all.

During this national day of action, more than 1,300 events, involving thousands of NEA members, were held in all 50 states—plus Washington, D.C.

The 2025 NEA Faculty Pay Report shows a small uptick in faculty purchasing power, but it still hasn’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

The Trump administration’s cuts to federally funded STEM research is devastating current and future innovations by NEA Higher Ed members.

Even as the Trump administration works furiously to attack public schools and threaten families, NEA members are mobilizing and speaking up.

Too many educators aren't paid enough to cover the basics, like fruit and vegetables. Your union can help.

For the first time in a half century, Old Dominion educators are sitting down—and winning—at the bargaining table.

Campus debt is driving increases to student tuition, as well as faculty and staff cutbacks. A new book details how to organize against it—and for a better vision of public higher education.