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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
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Students with Disabilities at Risk with Changes to Education Department

Nine reasons to keep special education with federal education experts.
Is Teacher Stress Declining?
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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
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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
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The Joy of Teaching
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The Joy of Teaching

This is still a great job! Educators share their secrets for staying—happily—in the profession.

Our best hope for student success is you.

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.
NEA President wearing an aqua colored suit stands at a lecturn and delivers her keynote address
NEA, we must keep walking. Even when the road is long. Even when the arc of hope is hard to see, and the forces against us try to extinguish our light, dampen our hope, and deny our power. We can’t stop. We won’t stop.
Quote by: Becky Pringle, NEA President

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Let’s bring real change

Let’s get real

Thirty-two percent of full-time ESPs in K–12 public schools make less than $25,000 a year.

Let’s bring real change

ESP of the Year Ric Calhoun
“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.

Let’s bring real change

Clinton Smith on RA stage, pointing
“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

National Teacher of the Year stands at a lectern on stage to address delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly
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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Educators and parents know that America's students need more opportunities to succeed, and we need to strengthen our public schools where 90% of students learn.
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Great public schools for every student