Noel Candelaria, a special education teacher and former teacher’s aide from El Paso, Texas, is secretary-treasurer of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest professional organization ...

Future teachers are tackling issues that affect the profession before they enter the classroom. Members of NEA's Aspiring Educators program are organizing their campuses and in their states to improve ...

Shuffling critical special education services from agency to agency will be costly, chaotic, and put students with disabilities at risk. Moving services out of the Education Department without ...

Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (SISP)—also known as non-classroom educators—work with teachers, school support staff, parents, community members, and other education stakeholders to help ...

The purpose of the NEA ESP National conference is to grow and strengthen the professional excellence of ESP members working in Pre-K to Higher-Ed through Association-convened, educator-led, and ...

Educators have the power to dismantle disabling environments and provide equitable access and opportunity for persons with disabilities. NEA is offering a curriculum to help. Persons with disabilities ...

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, ...

In Florida, it can be scary. In most other states, sociology classrooms are a place where critical conversations about ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence has the potential to enhance teaching and learning. In schools and on campuses across the country, AI is gaining traction and challenging traditional teaching methods. These ...

While generative AI has received the greatest attention in recent months, it is important to realize that humans have been using reactive and predictive AI tools for quite some time. In addition, AI ...

A new survey by the RAND Corporation suggests fewer teachers are reporting frequent job-related stress. The survey also asked about symptoms of depression, the ability to cope with stress, and burnout ...