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The Trump administration is withholding almost $6.9 billion in federal K–12 education funding, normally released to states on July 1, from students and classrooms, according to the U.S. Department of ...

Despite overwhelming evidence that they drain funds from public schools, harm student achievement, and lack any oversight or accountability, universal voucher laws are proliferating. Marketed as a way ...

NEA Higher Ed members are sitting on mountains of data that they assembled through federally funded research but are now cut off before sharing the findings that U.S. taxpayers paid for. Their topics ...

According to the National Education Association's annual report on teacher salaries, educators are seeing long-overdue pay increases. The average starting teacher salary in 2023-24 was $46,526, ...

lower class sizes; give support to students with ADHD, dyslexia, and other disabilities; feed hungry students so they can learn; provide one-on-one tutoring; and make the cost of higher education and ...

The Trump administration has cut the workforce of the Department of Education by 50 percent since January. The massive staff reductions have eliminated all or nearly all employees in certain offices, ...

The highest paid professor in the U.S. is likely a man, at a research university, who teaches medicine or engineering. It’s definitely not a woman, at a historically Black college, teaching education.

As you discuss the impact of funding cuts on individuals, especially students with disabilities and lower-income families, you will want to focus on cuts to programs like Pell Grants and Two- and Four ...

On election day, voters in Nebraska, Colorado, and Kentucky delivered a stunning rebuke to school vouchers. A diverse coalition of educators, parents, and community members in each state mobilized to ...

In 2022-23, more state legislatures adopted new or expanded school voucher laws than in any previous year. This expansion occurred despite overwhelming evidence showing voucher programs strip funds ...

Between 2012 and 2024, the number of unionized faculty grew by 7.5 percent. During that same time, the number of grad-student employees in unions grew even faster, by 133 percent. A key issue for ...