WASHINGTON — Nearly 6,000 delegates representing educators from every state and territory have chosen new national officers to lead NEA, the nation's largest labor union, during the union's 105th ...

Educators in Montgomery County, Maryland turned individual concerns about mold into a collective effort that pushed the school district to investigate and act. By organizing through their union, ...

According to the latest NEA data, teacher salaries continue to increase, but they have not kept pace with inflation over the past decade, leaving many educators financially worse off. As educator ...

On March 4, the one-year anniversary of McMahon’s confirmation by the U.S. Senate, a group of education leaders, activists, government employees, and students, braved the rain to gather outside the ...

Voucher expansion is re-segregating schools by race and income and reflects a policy rooted in resistance to school integration. Programs framed as equity tools often become subsidies for families ...

Roughly 30 states have some sort of state-based school voucher program—18 of them universal. That number could grow as states consider opting into the new federal voucher law. Years of research—along ...

Student behavior has nearly overtaken pay as the top concern among educators—and it’s driving some out of the profession. Today, 4 out of 5 teachers and education support professionals find student ...

According to a new RAND survey, the share of teachers who intended to leave their jobs fell to 16 percent in 2025 from 22 percent in 2024. The share of teachers who report burnout dropped to 53 ...

The Trump administration is withholding almost $6.9 billion in federal K–12 education funding, normally released to states on July 1, from students and classrooms, according to the U.S. Department of ...

When the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was enacted, Congress committed to fund 40 percent of the average per pupil cost for special education. A half-century later, students who ...

According to the National Education Association's annual report on teacher salaries, educators are seeing long-overdue pay increases. The average starting teacher salary in 2023-24 was $46,526, ...

Many school districts are still struggling with staff shortages and more educators are feeling burned out and demoralized. Higher pay always helps with teacher retention, but improving working ...