Once again, your advocacy is getting results! The bipartisan Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (S. 1723/H.R. 7227)—one of three issues on which the NEA Board lobbied in May—overwhelmingly cleared the House Education and the Workforce Committee last week, putting it closer to a floor vote. A Senate committee has already advanced […]

  Last Friday, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a field hearing on GPO/WEP repeal—the latest in a series of congressional hearings that have helped build record support for that goal. The Social Security Fairness Act (S. 597/H.R. 82), which would fully repeal GPO and WEP, now has 57 cosponsors in the Senate and 322 in […]

  We scored several victories during last week’s markup of the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill governs Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools, here and overseas, where educators are represented by the Federal Education Association (FEA), an NEA affiliate. As NEA and FEA urged, the bill extends the current maximums for student-to-teacher ratios, […]