Press Releases

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

Today, the National Education Association (NEA), the National Education Association–New Hampshire, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of New Hampshire, and the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire, against the U.S. Department of Education (ED).

NEA President Becky Pringle released the following statement reacting to the U.S. Senate’s party line vote to confirm Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education.

Educators demand administration to do the real work of ensuring opportunities and access for students

Becky Pringle: Congress must reject Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education for the sake of our students

The Senate must reject McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education for the sake of our students