Teri Staudinger, Washington educator: “Patty Murray is knowledgable about our issues because she actually listens to educators. She cares about the public education system, and many times has been our champion.”
Lucia Baez, an English Teacher in Miami Florida, was awarded NEA’s very first award for political activist of the year at the 2013 NEA Representative Assembly on Saturday, July 6.
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel: “We should avoid at all cost to balance the budget on the backs of America’s students, many of whom are struggling to afford higher education.”
“Schools are a place where values are taught and reinforced. But when you have an immigration crisis” that affects DREAMers, “it disrupts the students’ learning”: Favianna Rodriguez
“We must expand [school] choice. Our governance model includes over 13,000 government-run monopolies run by unions.” Jeb Bush