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The Trump administration’s cuts to federally funded STEM research is devastating current and future innovations by NEA Higher Ed members.
Mike Tinoco’s “Heart at the Center” provides educators with a framework to create classrooms centered on love, justice, and healing—using nonviolence traditions and personal stories to challenge ...
Student behavior has nearly overtaken pay as the top concern among educators—and it’s driving some out of the profession. Today, 4 out of 5 teachers and education support professionals find student ...
NEA-Retired members across the country are outraged by the Trump administration’s relentless assault on public education. The list of injustices is long, including dismantling the Department of ...
Being a 21st-century educator is a tall order. In my 15 years in the classroom, my most important “helpers” are technology, movement, and networking. Here’s why.
All schools must be a place where students can feel safe and have their identities affirmed in order to thrive. Our students need to know we see them, we hear them, and we support them. This fall, the ...
The average public school teacher is making thousands of dollars less than a decade ago. But educator activism has notched key legislative wins in 2022-23, and significant pay increases could be ...
According to new NEA reports, despite record-level salary increases in some states, average teacher pay has failed to keep up with inflation.
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 ...
Congress passed Trump's megabill with $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, shrinking the program that tens of millions of families rely on for healthcare—all in the name of tax breaks for the wealthy.
A new survey reveals that threats and physical attacks by students and parents have increased since the start of COVID. Unless the resources needed to improve school climate and safety are provided, ...
See how much funding public schools in your congressional district get from the federal government and how the programs help students.