During a roundtable discussion earlier this month, two NEA members told Education Secretary Miguel Cardona what fixing the badly broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program has meant to them.    “I opened the letter and it said zero. And I said ‘noooo,’” recounted Jamie Walker-Sallis, an equity innovator in Davenport, Iowa, public […]

View as Webpage This week, for the first time in more than two years, members of NEA’s Board of Directors will go to Capitol Hill and meet face-to-face with senators, representatives, and their staffs. They will be pushing for action on two issues of great importance to our members: the educator shortage and the need […]

View as Webpage Congress returned from recess this week and began work on the FY2023 appropriations process. President Biden’s budget proposal, released about a month ago, is a good start. But like most presidential budgets, it is as much a statement of values as a call to action.  The hard part lies ahead. Spending levels […]