Recent events underscore the gap—actually, it’s more like a chasm—between two visions for education now before Congress. In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee last week, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona stressed that the Biden administration’s FY2025 education budget prioritizes students, educators, and public schools. It also calls for universal preschool, a national paid leave program, […]
NEA EdAction March 24 2024
Fellow Members, Following months of delays, Congress ended the week on the verge of finally fulfilling a basic function: it passed the remaining bills to support education and other vital public services into the fall, closing the books on FY2024 funding and averting a government shutdown. The vote followed months of wasted time, caused largely […]
NEA EdAction March 17th 2024
President Biden released his FY2025 budget on March 11, the third anniversary of the American Rescue Plan Act, the single largest investment in public education in U.S. history. “Now, through this budget, he again gives us a window into his values and continues to demonstrate that he is the most pro-public education president in […]
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