Press Releases

Pringle: This budget is a direct attack on the very people our public institutions are meant to lift up.

(Las Vegas, Nevada) — Today, the Trump Administration announced its decision to freeze (“impound”) billions of federal education funding from states and local schools. This reckless and unprecedented move endangers critical services for millions of students nationwide, including after-school programs, summer learning, support for migrant children, and English learner services.

Becky Pringle: We will not stay silent while anti-public education politicians try to dismantle the very foundation of our communities

NEA President: There is no better way to honor teachers than by fighting to preserve public education

(Carson City, Nevada) — Today, the Economic Forum reduced their December projections by over $170 million.

Unions helped win the most significant year-over-year teacher pay increase in more than a decade, but Trump’s drastic cuts in federal education funds could reverse this progress

Pringle: When you take away collective bargaining, you take away workers' voices

Advocacy organizations representing millions of educators, civil rights champions, school employees, students, and families will file a lawsuit Monday to stop the Trump Administration’s illegal attempts to dismantle the United States Department of Education. The plaintiffs include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), public school parents, The National Education Association (NEA), and AFSCME Maryland Council 3, and they are supported by Student Defense and Education Law Center (ELC).

Thousands of educators, parents, families, students, and community leaders sent a message to federal, state, and local elected officials around the nation today, holding hundreds of walk-in events throughout the country in support of the strong public schools and other protections students and communities need to thrive.

Gutting the Department of Education will send class sizes soaring, take away support for students with disabilities, and cut job training programs