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NEA reacts to Supreme Court sending back case to protect rights of transgender student

March 6, 2017

NEA president expresses disappointment that the Supreme Court deferred deciding whether a transgender student’s rights were violated when he was discriminated against at school.

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Voucher schemes have robbed children, taxpayers with no real positive results

March 3, 2017

President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s visit to a private school in Florida shines a light on the failed policies of their agenda.

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Literacy Advocate LeVar Burton and Marley Dias, founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, join NEA to Celebrate Read Across America’s 20th anniversary

March 2, 2017

NEA kicks off the 20th anniversary of “NEA’s Read Across America Day” with a reading event in Washington, DC today. Guests included actor, author and literacy advocate LeVar Burton and 12-year-old Marley Dias.

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Educators urge U.S. Supreme Court to protect rights of transgender students

March 2, 2017

NEA joins forces with education professionals across the country in filing a friend of the court brief asking SCOTUSt to protect the rights of transgender students.

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NEA President Lily Eskelsen García: Trump should stand up for students and families

February 28, 2017

NEA President reacts to Donald Trump’s first Joint Address to the United States Congress.

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NEA reacts to Trump’s plan to roll back protections of transgender students

February 22, 2017

In light of the Trump adminstration’s plan to rescind federal protections for transgender students from discrimination, NEA vows to double down on protecting the civil rights of our LGBTQ students and members.

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NEA President: Congress should reject the Trump-DeVos budget

February 12, 2017

NEA President Lily Esekelsen Garcia says Trump and DeVos are playing politics with the lives of millions of students and working families with their fiscal year budget.

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Lily Eskelsen García: Children are fearful to go to school as a result of immigration raids

February 10, 2017

As Trump Administration immigration raids take place across the country, media outlets are reporting chaos and fear in schools and communities affected by these raids.

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate is set to begin debate on Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the U.S. Department of Education. This comes on the heels of unprecedented public outcry over her nomination. In addition to protests and demonst

January 31, 2017

In light of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch‘s troubling record on education, workers’ rights, NEA President Lily Eskelsen-Garcia urges the Senate to thoroughly vet him.

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NEA president to Senate: reject Betsy DeVos and take a stand for students

January 31, 2017

NEA President Lily Eskelsen-Garcia issues plea to Senate citing public outcry, to reject Donald Trump’s controversial choice of Betsy DeVos to hdea Department of Education.

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NEA reacts to Supreme Court sending back case to protect rights of transgender student

Voucher schemes have robbed children, taxpayers with no real positive results

Literacy Advocate LeVar Burton and Marley Dias, founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, join NEA to Celebrate Read Across America’s 20th anniversary

Educators urge U.S. Supreme Court to protect rights of transgender students

NEA President Lily Eskelsen García: Trump should stand up for students and families

NEA reacts to Trump’s plan to roll back protections of transgender students

NEA President: Congress should reject the Trump-DeVos budget

Lily Eskelsen García: Children are fearful to go to school as a result of immigration raids

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate is set to begin debate on Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the U.S. Department of Education. This comes on the heels of unprecedented public outcry over her nomination. In addition to protests and demonst

NEA president to Senate: reject Betsy DeVos and take a stand for students

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