Called the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), these rules have robbed firefighters, ...

According to the RAND Corporation's 2024 State of the American Teacher survey, two-thirds of teachers report receiving a pay increase between the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 school years. The average pay ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Congress today passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), landmark legislation that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) ...

When educators are respected, appreciated, heard, and have the resources we need, we can give students our very best. Our union members unite to win for students, schools, and each other. Across the ...

From at least 1860 until 1978, hundreds of thousands of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children were taken from their families and Tribes and forced to attend government- and ...

Congress has passed the Social Security Fairness Act, repealing the unfair penalties known as GPO and WEP. These penalties denied retired educators, first responders, and other public service workers ...

Despite these difficulties, the rewards of helping kids are huge. Winters has worked at Hamilton Elementary School, in Port ...

On behalf of our 3 million members and the 50 million students they serve, we strongly urge you to VOTE YES on the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) when it comes to the floor next week. Votes on ...

In Heart at the Center: An Educator’s Guide to Sustaining Love, Hope, and Community Through Nonviolence Pedagogy, high school English teacher Mike Tinoco of California explores how classrooms can be ...

On behalf of our 3 million members and the 50 million students they serve—including those in schools on military bases worldwide—we offer these comments for your consideration as you vote on the ...

After World War II, hundreds of groups targeted public educators in a postwar anti-communist red scare. The NEA fought back against unfair criticism of public education through its National Commission ...