Educators support Joe Biden’s stance on workers’ rights and unions
Joe Biden respects educator unions. He wants to make it easier for all workers to bargain collectively.
Jill Biden to community college students: America needs “leadership worthy of all of you”
Jill Biden encouraged Florida community college students to vote during a virtual visit to an NEA member’s classroom, one stop on her back-to-school tour.
Joe Biden’s 3 big ideas to close the digital divide
By Amanda Menas COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on a specific aspect of the digital divide known as the homework gap—the inability to do schoolwork at home due to lack of high-speed internet access. Nationwide, 15-16 million students are affected—roughly 1 in 3. A disproportionate share of those students are African-American or Hispanic, come from…
DNC highlights NEA members, prioritizes public education
By Amanda Menas Since the beginning of his presidential campaign, Joe Biden has made public education a top priority. This continued during the Democratic National Convention this week, where Biden appeared with wife Dr. Jill Biden by his side, an educator and long-time NEA member herself. Throughout the virtual convention, NEA members from Arizona and…
6 reasons educators are excited about Kamala Harris
By Amanda Menas / photo: ImageSPACE/MediaPunch/IPx On August 11, Joe Biden announced Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Biden promised to nominate a woman vice president during the final Democratic presidential debate in March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic came into full view across the country. Biden’s historic selection of…