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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.
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Students with Disabilities at Risk with Changes to Education Department
Students with Disabilities at Risk with Changes to Education Department
Nine reasons to keep special education with federal education experts.
Is Teacher Stress Declining?
Is Teacher Stress Declining?
New research takes a look at the state of educator well-being—and how it stacks up against workers in other professions.
Before Brown v. Board, There Was Alice Piper
Before Brown v. Board, There Was Alice Piper
Thirty years before Brown transformed public education in the United States, a 15-year-old Paiute student named Alice Piper stood at the center of a landmark legal victory that challenged school segregation.
From Mold Concerns to Collective Action
From Mold Concerns to Collective Action
How a group of Maryland educators advocated for healthier schools.
The Joy of Teaching
The Joy of Teaching
This is still a great job! Educators share their secrets for staying—happily—in the profession.
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Your passion and commitment are crucial to helping all students—of all colors and backgrounds—learn, grow, and fulfill their potential. Here’s how you can get started.
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Thirty-two percent of full-time ESPs in K–12 public schools make less than $25,000 a year.
Let’s bring real change
“For too long, wealth and power have been concentrated in the hands of a few, while working people like us—the very backbone of our communities—are told to settle for less....No one should have to work several jobs to put food on the table. One job should be enough.”
— Stanley "Ric" Calhoun, 2026 Education Support Professionals of the Year
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Faculty and staff at public colleges and universities face growing challenges these days, including attacks on academic freedom.
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“When they come for our contracts, when academic freedom gets attacked, when tenure gets treated like a suggestion, we litigate. Look at the NEA’s injunction against the Higher Education Dear Colleague Letter. That decision protected real people, faculty who would have lost protections they’d spent careers earning. That’s what it looks like when we stop asking politely and start drawing lines in the sand.”
— Clinton Smith, National Higher Educators of the Year
Hear more of Clinton's message to NEA delegates
When students see themselves in what they learn, they discover what's possible for their own lives.
Let’s bring real change
Education must remain a powerful promise that students can see themselves in and the essential work of NEA members plays a key role in making sure all students are seen and valued.
— Leon Smith, National Teacher of the Year
Read more about Leon's address to NEA Delegates in Denver
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