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‘Organize, Organize, Organize': New NEA President Sees the Value in Everyday Engagement

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When the incoming president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union visited Minnesota this January, she witnessed teachers’ protests against immigration raids there. For Princess Moss, the activism highlighted the two sides of educator activism: both the teachers’ fears for their students and themselves, but also the connections they helped build, she said in an exclusive interview with Education Week..
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Teachers’ Union Approves New Fund to Help Immigrant Teachers

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The effects of immigration enforcement, artificial intelligence, and other issues in schools topped teachers’ concerns at the annual meeting of the National Education Association here, but delegates held tight to the union’s purse strings with an eye to ongoing state and national legislative fights.
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NEA’s Outgoing President Reflects on a Turbulent Tenure—And the Need for ‘Continuous Organizing’

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Becky Pringle took the reins of the nation’s largest teachers’ union six years ago, in the teeth of the pandemic. “She touched people’s lives at a time when we couldn’t touch each other,” said Kim Anderson, the 2.8 million member National Education Association’s executive director, who credited Pringle with ramping up the national union’s support and training for local leaders in advocacy and teacher healthcare.
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