On behalf of the National Education Association, whose 3 million members educate and support students in public schools across America and in schools on stateside and overseas military bases, I urge ...

You Are Here is an excellent choice for a whole class read aloud. Each story is manageable in one session. Just leave time for great discussion! And for students to further challenge the idea of a ...

The Trump administration’s plan to move special education out of the Department of Education threatens our progress in meeting the needs of vulnerable students. This year, we are marking the 50th ...

Changes in starting salaries are representative of what is happening with teacher salaries across the board, and this decrease in inflation-adjusted pay could not have come at a worse time. Though ...

According to a new survey from the American Psychological Association, one-third of teachers report that they experienced at least one incident of verbal harassment or threat of violence from students ...

lower class sizes; give support to students with ADHD, dyslexia, and other disabilities; feed hungry students so they can learn; provide one-on-one tutoring; and make the cost of higher education and ...

NEA Higher Ed members are sitting on mountains of data that they assembled through federally funded research but are now cut off before sharing the findings that U.S. taxpayers paid for. Their topics ...

In the 1950s, segregationists promoted private school vouchers to help White parents avoid sending their children to desegregated schools. A new book explores how "choice" ideology is rooted in white ...

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, school counselor, paraeducator, bus driver, cafeteria worker or school secretary, everyone who works in a public school faces a new school year ready to do the job ...

The national average public school teacher salary rose to $69,544 in 2022-23, a 4.1 percent increase over the previous year, according to the 2024 NEA Rankings and Estimates report. Adjusted for ...

According to a recent NEA member survey, a staggering 55 percent of educators say they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than planned. While fallout from the pandemic could be the ...

Several main currents in the history of American educational testing are established. Formal written tests begins to replace oral examinations administered by teachers and schools at roughly the same ...