When the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was enacted, Congress committed to fund 40 percent of the average per pupil cost for special education. A half-century later, students who ...

Let’s call them the secrets of special educators. They’re the skills, practices, things that special education teachers and paraeducators do all the time to reduce disruption and increase learning.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2020, cellphone bans were in place in 76% of U.S. schools. Some districts and schools have much broader restrictions on cellphones than ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. educators still suffer from too-low wages and a lack of professional respect, according to four new reports examining educator pay and school funding from pre-K through college. The ...

This list featuring the books of 100 wonderful Black authors, illustrators, and poets is meant to help introduce readers to some of the many African American creators who are celebrated in the field ...

Title I was established by Congress in 1965 to provide critical federal funding to support historically underserved preK–12 schools in under-resourced communities, giving all students across race, ...

Ashlie Crosson, an English teacher at Mifflin County High School in Lewistown, PA, was named the 2025 National Teacher of the Year on May 1 by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). As a ...

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur decision, a landmark case for the rights of pregnant women in the workplace. The NEA lent financial ...

“I can’t imagine a child not having music in their life,” says Ashley Harris, band director at Spring Station Middle School in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Ashley Harris Music was always a part of Harris’ ...

Pensions provide a predictable, guaranteed benefit for educators when they retire and help attract and retain great educators to the profession. All educators deserve the ability to retire with ...

Educators have, continually, been asked to sacrifice wage increases to maintain affordable and comprehensive health coverage for themselves and their dependents. In the meantime, wages for education ...

The Teacher Leader Model Standards—like all model standards—are designed to stimulate dialogue among stakeholders of the teaching profession about what constitutes the knowledge, skills, and ...