As educators, it is important that we learn how our biases can impact our actions, language, and practices in classrooms and other learning environments, including how we interact with students and fellow educators with disabilities —both visible and non-apparent.| www.nea.org
NEA President: ‘We are stronger when our country, communities, schools, and future includes and reflects all of us.’| www.nea.org
In a new survey, K-12 teachers talk about the challenges they face every day in the classroom.| www.nea.org
The root cause of teacher dissatisfaction may have more to do with how the profession has been degraded and less on a perceived inability to handle the pressures of the job.| www.nea.org
Higher pay is crucial, but working conditions and well-being must also be addressed to attract and retain educators.| www.nea.org
Students and educators will start the school year forever changed by the pandemic. Schools must support their emotional well-being, so teaching and learning can begin.| www.nea.org
Too many educators aren't paid enough to cover the basics, like fruit and vegetables. Your union can help.| www.nea.org
Political attacks that target inclusive curricula and divide communities are undermining public education and its role in educating for our democracy.| www.nea.org
The National Education Association (NEA) is more than 3 million people—educators, students, activists, workers, parents, neighbors, friends—who believe in opportunity for all students and in the power of public education to transform lives and create a more just and inclusive society.| www.nea.org
Book clubs should celebrate reading! Here are ideas to get you started.| www.nea.org
Becky Pringle is president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest labor union. Becky is a middle school science teacher with more than three decades of classroom experience and has distinguished herself as a fierce social justice warrior and defender of educator rights.| www.nea.org
The Court’s 6-3 decision in 'Carson v. Makin' could expand voucher programs across the nation, undermining public schools and the students they serve.| www.nea.org
Stress and exhaustion is pushing too many out of the profession, but it’s not up to educators to find better ways to “cope.” The responsibility to improve working conditions lies with those lawmakers and officials who dictate what a teacher's day looks like.| www.nea.org
Let's read and grow together with 12 months of recommended titles, authors, and teaching resources that promote diversity and inclusion.| www.nea.org
NEA’s Rankings and Estimates report provides a wide array of public K-12 education statistics and includes the average teacher salary by state and nationally.| www.nea.org
A majority of state legislatures spent far less on public colleges and universities in 2020 than they did in 2008, an NEA analysis shows. This means colleges and universities must rely on students to pay the cost of college—and those students are borrowing to do it.| www.nea.org
School vouchers are being used mainly by families whose children are already in private school—and state budgets are being drained as a result.| www.nea.org
When educators work together, we create a better learning experience.| www.nea.org
From grade school to college, students of color have suffered from the effects of biased testing.| www.nea.org