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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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