By Amanda Menas After the switch to distance learning in March, Corrie Eickman worried that her middle son’s needs were not always being met despite the fact that she is an educator herself. Her 11-year-old has a sensory processing disorder, and the transition was hard for him. “I set up work stations for the kids,…
Stacey Abrams, former minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and founder of Fair Fight, says the welfare of our students and the future of our public schools are on the line in the upcoming election.
Dr. Jill Biden recently conducted a virtual listening tour to find out more about educators’ and families’ top concerns about reopening schools.
By Amanda Menas “Educators deserve a partner in the White House,” says former Vice President Joe Biden. As president, he promises that he and his wife Dr. Jill Biden, an NEA member who worked as an educator for more than 30 years, will be just that. After four years battling against harmful policies proposed by…
By Amanda Menas After years of improvements to levels of acceptance of LGBTQ+ students by their peers, between 2015 and 2017, the National School Climate Survey reported that schools are becoming more hostile against LGBTQ+ youth. Nearly half of all LGBTQ+ students live in states where they are not protected from discrimination or bullying. They…