Press Releases

The SCEA is the only professional association in South Carolina uniting education advocates to elect champions of public education like Lisa Ellis.

At NEA’s 2022 Representative Assembly, Sabreena Shaller was elected to represent the National Education Association’s influential 45,000-member Aspiring Educators group

NEA celebrates Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as she is sworn in for a lifetime appointment to Supreme Court

NEA President: Ruling will put educators, administrators and staff at risk and leave students vulnerable to religious coercion.

NEA President: ‘This is a good first step, and the bill will absolutely help save lives, but we cannot stop here.’

NEA President: ‘How many more dead and wounded children and educators will it take for those in power to finally prioritize our safety over the demands of the gun lobby?’

NEA’s call to action: ‘Pass common-sense legislation so that not one more community is shattered, and not one more anguished parent has to lay a precious child to rest.’

NEA’s Human and Civil Rights Awards to take place July 2 in Chicago, Illinois

The long-standing policy excludes teachers from the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act and contributes to the chronic problem of low teacher pay that’s plaguing the profession.

‘Americans want the carnage to stop. My message to Congress: What are you waiting for?’