Back ন্যাশনাল এডুকেশন অ্যাসোসিয়েশন Bengali/Bangla National Education Association French राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा संघ (संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका) Hindi National Education Association Polish National Education Association Portuguese National Education Association Swedish 全國教育協會 (美國) Chinese
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| Abbreviation | NEA |
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| Founded | 1857 |
| Type | 501(c)(5) |
| 53-0115260 | |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Members | 2,839,808 (2024)[1] |
Key people | Becky Pringle, president |
| Affiliations | Education International |
| Website | nea.org |
The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States.[2] It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has 2.8 million members and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.[3] The NEA had a budget of $399 million in 2023 along with an endowment of $428 million.[4] Becky Pringle is the NEA's current president.[5][6]
During the early 20th century, the National Education Association was among the leading progressive advocates of establishing a United States Department of Education.[7]
Driven by pressure from teacher organizing, by the 1970s the NEA transformed from an education advocacy organization to a rank-and-file union. In the decades since, the association has continued to represent organized teachers and other school workers in collective bargaining and to lobby for progressive education policy.[8] The NEA's political agenda frequently brings it into conflict with conservative interest groups.[9] State affiliates of the NEA regularly lobby state legislators for funding, seek to influence education policy, and file legal actions.
At the national level, the NEA lobbies the United States Congress and federal agencies and is active in the nominating process for Democratic candidates.[10] The NEA is a major supporter of the Democratic Party.[11][12]
- ^ Wagner, Lauren (January 15, 2025). "NEA Membership Continued to Drop in 2024 as Revenue from Dues Hit $381 Million". The 74. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ Layton, Lyndsey (March 25, 2014). "Nation's largest labor union: We want 2016 hopefuls talking about schools". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 000-342. Report submitted September 26, 2014.
- ^ "National Education Association Of The United States - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. May 9, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ "New president of national teachers union a Pitt, Penn State grad". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Grunwald, Michael (September 23, 2015). "Arne Duncan's Wars". Politico. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ Slawson, Douglas J. (2005). Department of Education Battle, 1918-1932 Public Schools, Catholic Schools, and the Social Order.
- ^ Marjorie Murphy, Blackboard Unions: the AFT and the NEA: 1900–1980 (1992)
- ^ Shelton, Jon (2017). Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09937-3.
- ^ Burkins, Glenn; Simpson, Glenn (August 23, 1996). "Teachers' Unions Will Show Political Clout at Convention". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ Camera, Lauren (October 28, 2024). "National Education Association PAC Raised Roughly $27 Million for 2024 Election". The 74. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ Will, Madeline (July 10, 2023). "Here's How the Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Is Spending Its Money". Education Week. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
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