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Each summer, nearly 7,000 educators meet to debate the vital issues that impact American public education and set National Education Association policy and activities for the year ahead. These delegates represent the 3 million members of the NEA.

In 2024, delegates to the Representative Assembly will meet in Philadelphia, PA, July 4-7.

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Philadelphia, the site of the first meeting and founding of NEA in 1857, will host almost 7,000 delegates July 4–7.
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