Great Public Schools for Every Student
We, the members of the National Education Association of the United States, are the voice of education professionals. Our work is fundamental to the nation, and we accept the profound trust placed in us.
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Crumbling schools don’t provide strong foundations for America’s students
9th Dec 2011
NEA is calling on Congress to put students first and pass the Fix America’s Schools Today Act, which will provide a total of $30 billion to modernize and repair thousands of public schools and community colleges.
Austin last stop on NEA’s back-to-school tour
30th Aug 2010
NEA President discusses education funding, reauthorization of ESEA and teacher salaries
NEA President meets with Tampa-area educators on the heels of ‘Race to the Top’ announcement
27th Aug 2010
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel hosted a town hall meeting with Tampa-area educators at the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association Community Center. He discussed the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) – the current version is known as the No Child Left Behind Act. He also addressed Race to the Top, the Gates Foundation grant to Hillsborough County, education funding, and recruiting and retaining quality educators.
NEA President stops in Columbus during back-to-school tour
26th Aug 2010
National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel stopped in Columbus, Ohio today as part of a five-day, seven-city, back-to-school tour.
Columbia educators plan to ramp up efforts to close achievement gaps with $10,000 award from NEA
25th Aug 2010
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel presented a $10,000 grant today to educators to accelerate efforts already underway in the more than 17000 student school district.
NEA President kicks off back-to-school tour in Denver
24th Aug 2010
National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel kicked off a week-long, multi-city, back-to-school tour here today. In addition to getting school staff energized about the upcoming school year, Van Roekel highlighted public school innovation, partnerships, and teacher- and union-led school transformation efforts. He was joined locally by Colorado Education Association (CEA) President Beverly Ingle and Denver Classroom Teachers Association President (DCTA) Henry Roman.
Diane Ravitch receives NEA’s Friend of Education Award
6th Jul 2010
Friends sometimes are found in the most unlikely places. And that seemed especially true today when NEA President Dennis Van Roekel presented the organization’s highest honor—the NEA Friend of Education Award—to education scholar Diane Ravitch, an architect of the Bush administration’s infamous No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
National Teacher of the Year energizes, inspires thousands of educators
6th Jul 2010
Sarah Brown Wessling, the 2010 National Teacher of the Year, fired up the 9,000 educators attending the National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly today with a passionate speech that emphasized her belief that teachers must be the lead learners in their own classrooms. That means teachers who are listening, interacting, and working side by side with their students, she said.
NEA names Maryland’s Martin O’Malley ‘America’s Greatest Education Governor ’
5th Jul 2010
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley received the America’s Greatest Education Governor Award from the National Education Association (NEA) today during NEA’s Representative Assembly in New Orleans. The annual award is presented to a governor who has made major, statewide efforts to improve public education.
Kentucky school bus driver wows 9,000 colleagues
5th Jul 2010
At a gathering of 9,000 educators on the nation’s birthday, the fireworks came courtesy of a school bus driver from Kentucky.
In a lively and emotional speech to delegates at the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly (RA) here in New Orleans, Helen Cottongim—NEA’s Education Support Professional of the Year for 2010— insisted that the challenges facing public education are no match for the commitment and caring of the nation’s teachers and other school employees.
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The National Education Association Represents 3.2 million members committed to ensuring a great public education for all students. Our Vision: Our vision is a great public school for every student. Our Mission: Our mission is to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.
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