Public Schools Week starts tomorrow. A congressional resolution celebrating the event delivers this message: Strengthening public schools strengthens America. I would like to add my personal thanks to the educators who work tirelessly for my children and all our students—nowadays, too often in the face of difficult and unfair circumstances.
On President’s Day, NEA President Becky Pringle will join Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), and other education advocates for a webinar at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can register for it and related events here.
I encourage you to email your senators and representative and urge them to co-sponsor the bipartisan resolution, as well as a bipartisan bill to make teacher residency programs more affordable and accessible.
President Biden is expected to announce his Supreme Court nominee (to replace retiring Justice Breyer) this week. All the reported candidates are exceptionally well qualified judges, and all are Black women whose lived experience will broaden the court’s perspective and give voice to a range of views reflective of today’s America.
In solidarity,
Marc Egan
Government Relations Director
National Education Association
Urge your senators and representative to co-sponsor the bipartisan Public Schools Week resolution to help strengthen the public schools that educate 9 out of 10 Americans.
This bipartisan bill can help address the educator shortage—critical even before the pandemic—by making programs that offer on-the-job experience more accessible and affordable.
CHEER: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) highlighted the need for more and better mental health resources in schools during a recent hearing. “Mental health care simply isn’t starting early enough, and it’s not reaching young people where they are, particularly kids in rural areas,” he said.
