The Biden administration is listening to NEA members on the topic of student debt. But much more has to be done to help debt-burdened educators who—like almost everybody who applies—have been denied federal loan forgiveness.
by Mary Ellen Flannery Nearly half of all educators took out student loans to pay for college, and they still owe $58,700, on average. Among them, one in seven still owes more than $105,000, according to new NEA research. These debt-burdened educators include Alexis Brisby, a Texas middle-school teacher since 2005, whose student-loan balance is…
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) was presented with NEA’s annual Friend of Higher Education award for his many decades of unflinching support for higher education and students.
President Trump and the GOP-led Senate are determined to rush through Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. That’s not good for educators and public schools.
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.