NEA President Princess Moss spent 21 years teaching in a rural Virginia school district, where thousands of neighbors show up ...

Becky Pringle is president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest labor union. Becky is a middle school science teacher with more than three decades of classroom experience and ...

Higher salaries are a key factor in recruiting and retaining educators, but the decision to stay in the profession can largely depend on the quality of their daily work lives and working conditions.

The 2026 Kids Count Data Book is a sobering look at the well-being of children across the United States. Despite some gains over the past few years—fewer children living in high-poverty neighborhoods ...

NEA Research provides comparative state data and national averages on a host of important public education statistics, teacher salaries, student enrollment, and revenue and expenditures each year.

Know your rights and responsibilities. It is our responsibility as educators to know how and what we are expected to do, and how laws and policies support our actions. For example, when you intervene ...

Our power comes from our unity, our dedication to our students, and our collective action for and with our communities. We’re using that power to foster the thriving communities our families deserve.

Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, federal officials have made numerous changes to student aid and loan programs, many of which went into effect on July 1. Notably, the ...