Today, I'm thinking about the 5-year-old who got in the car with his father like any other day, then watched him be shot by ICE just feet away. ICE is traumatizing our children. Shooting up our sidewalks makes us all unsafe. Federal agents killing people in the streets is an outrage. ICE out NOW.

The largest labor union in the United States sends solidarity to the students, parents, and educators demonstrating in France. We are with you as you fight for the schools your communities deserve.

Clearly, these students understand: educators' working conditions are students' learning conditions. Everyone is harmed when we don't invest in our schools—and fully funding our schools benefits us all.

Instead of helping families make ends meet, the Trump administration is once again putting its thumb on the scale for private school vouchers at the expense of the public schools that serve 90% of America's students.

As I said on @wabe.org yesterday, this administration's voucher scheme would hurt rural communities like the one I grew up in. Public education should be the great equalizer—and vouchers are the exact opposite. Listen to my full conversation with Rose Scott.

At a time when educators, students, and families are calling for more resources to strengthen neighborhood public schools—where 90% of students go—the Trump administration is advancing a voucher plan to divert taxpayer dollars to subsidize private education for a select few.

October is Higher Education Month! I am proud to stand beside our higher ed members as they organize for fair pay and benefits, a voice at the table where decisions are made, and the investments they need to do their best for their students.

Every student deserves to go to school knowing they are safe, valued, and protected. For educators, this is fundamental. We should strengthen Title IX—not weaken it. The Department of Education's move to undermine those protections endangers our students, who need them more than ever.

This is a well-deserved win for families and educators. NEA was a plaintiff in this case. By speaking out, we made clear that we will not tolerate the Trump administration flouting the law when it withholds congressionally appropriated funds.

One powerful way to protect your freedom to vote is to use it. Early voting will start soon—and use NEA's tool to make your plan to vote today!

A paycheck matters. So do safe classrooms, reasonable workloads, educator voice, and the support needed to do the job well. Across the country, educators are organizing through their unions to improve the working conditions that impact both staff and students every day.

As I shared the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference, educators deserve to have all the resources they need—but between inflation and voucher schemes diverting taxpayer dollars, educators are struggling.

All of us deserve to be safe in this country. The brave of us stand for justice, human dignity, and in support of immigrant communities. This is part of a troubling pattern by this administration of abusing the rights and dignity of America’s immigrant community.

As my parents said, public education is the great equalizer. Last week, I advocated for that vision of education justice on Capitol Hill and beyond, whether at this year's Black Women’s Roundtable Policy Forum or a panel on the dignity of work.