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National Education Association

'We Cannot Go Backwards': Sanders, Omar Lead Push for Free School Meals Bill

"Every child deserves a quality education free of hunger," Sen. Bernie Sanders said. "A universal approach to school meals works." 
Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·
In this pre-pandemic photo, children eat lunch in the cafeteria at East Brainerd Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee on October 2, 2019. (Photo: The Washington Post via Getty Images)
A first grade student sits at her desk at South Boston Catholic Academy in South Boston on September 10, 2020. (Photo: David L. Ryan/<em>The Boston Globe</em> via Getty Images)

Nurses, Teachers, and Experts Push Back Against Rush to Reopen Schools as Covid-19 Cases Spike

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Christina Pagan, 7, does her school work at the Mulberry Street location of the Olivet Boys and Girls Club in Reading, Pennsylvania on January 19, 2021. The Reading School District went to all-virtual education as a precaution, so the club provided space for students to do their remote learning. (Photo: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Teachers Unions Want More Details on New CDC Guidance of Desks Only 3 Feet Apart

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday, July 9, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

'Complicity, Cowardice, and Complete Incompetence': Dodging 25th Amendment Push, Betsy DeVos Resigns

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Miguel Cardona speaks after President-Elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Education Secretary at the Queen theatre on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Teachers' Unions See Biden Choice of Cardona for Education Secretary as Promising Path for Change

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·