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“All I Want to Do is Teach And Help My Kids,” says DACA Teacher
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) An estimated 20,000 teachers in the U.S. could be deported because of President Trump’s cancellation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), the federal policy that...
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Who Are the Dreamers? Five Charts That Tell Their Story
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) About 800,000 young people, brought to the U.S. as children, have been been able to go to college and pursue their dreams in the country that they call home, thanks to...
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Despite Rising Fear and Anxiety, DACA Activists Keep Up the Pressure
Washington State University students and community members rally in support of the DREAM Act on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP) It’s been an emotional...
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10 Challenges Facing Public Education Today
Whether you’re a classroom teacher, school counselor, paraeducator, bus driver, cafeteria worker or school secretary, everyone who works in a public school faces a new school year ready to do the job...
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At the Border, Teachers Protest Detention, Separation of Children
(photo: Rebeca Logan) On a makeshift stage in El Paso, Texas, former Texas Regional Teacher of the Year Leslie Anaya delivered a message to the roughly 15,000 immigrant children who are held captive in...
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LGBTQ, Immigration Issues Cross Paths in our Nation’s Public Schools
By Saul Ramos This is part of NEA’s series Voices of Pride: The LGBTQ Experience in Schools 50 Years After Stonewall. For the LGBTQ+ students who are undocumented, refugees, or newly-arrived to this...
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To mark the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, NEA invited six educators to share the triumphs, trials, and tribulations of being LGBTQ+ in the classroom.
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NEA to Supreme Court: Do the Right Thing for DACA Educators
Today, in a legal brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, the National Education Association urged justices to protect the thousands of educators who rely on a federal immigration policy known as DACA...
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Educators Flexed Their Muscles in 2019, Look Forward to 2020
In 2019, the news generally got better for educators and students. Across the U.S., educator walkouts have led to increased funding for public schools, more support for teachers and education support...
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Elimination of DACA
Dreamers and DACA supporters rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, June 18, 2020, after the court rejected the Trump administration’s push to end DACA. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call...
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