Educators stage mass teach-in to stop incarceration of immigrant children
Hundreds of teachers of the year and other educators from across the country are participating in a daylong teach-in in El Paso, Texas.
Education Insider for February 10, 2019
What I will never forget about the State of the Union NEA President Lily Eskelsen García, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s guest at the State of the Union address, waited a long time to hear President Trump say anything on education: “Then it came. His plan for education. With a nod to Betsy DeVos he said,…
What I will never forget about the State of the Union
I sat in the gallery and listened to a president and felt only despair. I hugged a teacher picking up dirty dishes and was renewed with hope.
Education Insider for February 3, 2019
Urge members of Congress to support modernizing our nation’s school buildings NEA President Lily Eskelsen García helped call attention to the pressing need to modernize public school buildings by participating in the press event marking the introduction of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act (H.R. 865/S. 266). The American Society of Civil Engineers gives the condition of…
Educators applaud $100 billion school infrastructure plan
“Every public school in America should reflect how much we value our students and educators.”—6th grade teacher and NEA President Lily Eskelsen García.