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NEA to recognize nine extraordinary individuals and organizations with its highest honor
2025 Human and Civil Rights Awards to take place on July 2, 2025, at the Oregon Convention Center
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Florida’s Teresa M. Hodge, Ph.D., honored as 2025 Higher Educator of the Year
The award will be presented to Hodge at the NEA Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon in July
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Educators applaud the Supreme Court for ensuring public funds go to public schools
Americans have consistently rejected taking public funds away from our public schools…and today, the Supreme Court agreed.
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NEA reacts to House’s passage of budget reconciliation bill
Becky Pringle: This is not leadership—it’s abandonment
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Nation’s largest public service unions launch national campaign to stop federal budget cuts to public services
Representing more than 8.3 million workers, AFSCME, AFT, NEA, and SEIU launch “Put Families First,” a new campaign to highlight the devastating effects of federal budget cuts on working families.
The effort will begin with a $2 million ad campaign and mobilization effort.
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Federal Education Association files lawsuit challenging executive order banning federal workers’ right to collective bargaining
Trump’s blatant attack on federal workers’ rights violates the First and Fifth Amendments
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NEA response to administration’s proposed ‘Skinny Budget’
Becky Pringle: We will not stay silent while anti-public education politicians try to dismantle the very foundation of our communities
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NEA celebrates national Teacher Appreciation Week
NEA President: There is no better way to honor teachers than by fighting to preserve public education
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NEA member named 2025 National Teacher of the Year
NEA President Becky Pringle: We congratulate Ashlie for sparking a love of learning
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Public school educators are still underpaid, four new NEA reports show
Unions helped win the most significant year-over-year teacher pay increase in more than a decade, but Trump’s drastic cuts in federal education funds could reverse this progress
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