Press Releases

Advocacy organizations representing millions of educators, civil rights champions, school employees, students, and families will file a lawsuit Monday to stop the Trump Administration’s illegal attempts to dismantle the United States Department of Education. The plaintiffs include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), public school parents, The National Education Association (NEA), and AFSCME Maryland Council 3, and they are supported by Student Defense and Education Law Center (ELC).

Trump’s action will balloon class sizes, gut special education services, diminish job training programs, destroy student civil rights protections, and put higher education further out of reach for families.

Thousands of educators, parents, families, students, and community leaders sent a message to federal, state, and local elected officials around the nation today, holding hundreds of walk-in events throughout the country in support of the strong public schools and other protections students and communities need to thrive.

Gutting the Department of Education will send class sizes soaring, take away support for students with disabilities, and cut job training programs

Trump administration’s move to halt $1 billion in federal funding not only hurts students and their families but also cripples local farmers and ranchers in rural communities who feed America

National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement reacting to the Trump administration reportedly firing half of the U.S. Department of Education:

America’s educators and working families hope Chavez-DeRemer will continue building her pro-worker, pro-student agenda rather than bowing to billionaires like Elon Musk

National Education Association President Becky Pringle released the following statement reacting to Donald Trump’s reported Executive Order pushing to end the Department of Education

Today, the National Education Association (NEA), the National Education Association–New Hampshire, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of New Hampshire, and the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire, against the U.S. Department of Education (ED).

NEA President Becky Pringle released the following statement reacting to the U.S. Senate’s party line vote to confirm Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education.