Description
"Our mission is to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world."
Ratings
- 2015-2016 "Legislative Report Card"
- 2015 Positions
- 2013-2014 Positions
- 2013 Positions
- 2012 Positions
- 2011 Positions
- 2009 Positions on Public Education Teaching Profession Issues
- 2007-2008 Positions on Public Education Teaching Profession Issues
- 2007 Positions on Public Education Teaching Profession Issues
- 2005-2006 Positions
- 2003-2004 Positions
- 2003 Positions
- 2002 Positions
- 2001 Positions
- 2000 Positions
- 1999 Positions
- 1997-1998 Positions
- 1997 Positions
- 1996 Positions
- 1991-1992 Positions
- + 2018 Endorsements
- Stacey Abrams
- Denise Adams
- Pete Aguilar
- Sheryl Alu Campagna
- Brad Ashford
- Tammy Baldwin
- Karen Bass
- Ami Bera
- Don Beyer, Jr.
- Sanford Bishop, Jr.
- Earl Blumenauer
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Bibie Boerio
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Brendan Boyle
- Anthony Brindisi
- Anthony Brown
- Sherrod Brown
- Lisa Brown
- Alvin Brown
- Julia Brownley
- Ammar Campa-Najjar
- Mike Capuano
- Tony Cárdenas
- Ben Cardin
- Tom Carper
- Sean Carrigan
- André Carson
- Matt Cartwright
- Bob Casey, Jr.
- Sean Casten
- Kathy Castor
- Doug Chin
- Judy Chu
- Yvette Clarke
- Jim Clyburn
- Richard Cordray
- Jim Costa
- Joe Courtney
- Angie Craig
- Charlie Crist, Jr.
- Jason Crow
- Elijah Cummings
- Rob Davidson
- Paul Davis
- Madeleine Dean
- Peter DeFazio
- Rosa DeLauro
- Suzan DelBene
- Val Demings
- Audrey Denney
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Ted Deutch
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Debbie Dingell
- Ron DiNicola
- Joe Donnelly, Sr.
- Dan Donovan, Jr.
- Mike Doyle, Jr.
- Gretchen Driskell
- Kara Eastman
- Eliot Engel
- Veronica Escobar
- Anna Eshoo
- Dwight Evans
- Dan Feehan
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Bill Foster
- Lois Frankel
- Marcia Fudge
- Ruben Gallego
- Alyse Galvin
- John Garamendi
- Sylvia Garcia
- Jesus Garcia
- David Garcia
- Mary Geren
- Jared Golden
- Jimmy Gomez
- Joshua Gottheimer
- Gwen Graham
- Tim Greimel
- Raul Grijalva
- Deb Haaland
- Josh Harder
- Alcee Hastings, Sr.
- Denny Heck
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Katie Hill
- Jim Himes
- Mazie Hirono
- Christina Houlahan
- Steny Hoyer
- Fred Hubbell
- Jared Huffman
- David Ige
- Andrew Janz
- Pramila Jayapal
- Ben Jealous
- Hank Johnson, Jr.
- Tim Kaine
- Marcy Kaptur
- Bill Keating
- Molly Kelly
- Joe Kennedy III
- Dan Kildee
- Derek Kilmer
- Ron Kind
- Angus King, Jr.
- Jessica King
- Amy Klobuchar
- Dan Kohl
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Ann Kuster
- Conor Lamb
- Rick Larsen
- John Larson
- Brenda Lawrence
- Barbara Lee
- Susie Lee
- Mike Levin
- John Lewis
- Ted Lieu
- Barbara L'Italien
- Brad Little
- Dave Loebsack
- Alan Lowenthal
- Ben Lujan, Jr.
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Carolyn Maloney
- Doris Matsui
- Tatiana Matta
- Ben McAdams
- Claire McCaskill
- Betty McCollum
- Donald McEachin
- Jim McGovern
- David McKinley
- Jerry McNerney
- Aruna Miller
- Gwen Moore
- Joe Morelle
- Jessica Morse
- Stephanie Murphy
- Grace Napolitano
- Joseph Neguse
- Bill Nelson, Sr.
- Gavin Newsom
- Donald Norcross
- Tom O'Halleran
- Richard Ojeda II
- Beto O'Rourke
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Christopher Pappas
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Don Payne, Jr.
- Nancy Pelosi
- Ed Perlmutter
- Scott Peters
- Collin Peterson
- Dean Phillips
- Chellie Pingree
- Mark Pocan
- Katie Porter
- David Price
- JB Pritzker
- Jamie Raskin
- Jane Raybould
- David Richardson
- Cedric Richmond
- Jacky Rosen
- Harley Rouda
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Raul Ruiz
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- Tim Ryan
- Linda Sánchez
- Bernie Sanders
- John Sarbanes
- Mary Scanlon
- Adam Schiff
- Mac Schneider
- Kurt Schrader
- Bobby Scott
- David Scott
- George Scott
- Talley Sergent
- Terri Sewell
- Brad Sherman
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Albio Sires
- Elissa Slotkin
- Adam Smith
- Tina Smith
- Darren Soto
- Jackie Speier
- Debbie Stabenow
- Eric Swalwell
- Mark Takano
- Jon Tester
- James Thompson
- Mike Thompson
- Hiral Tipirneni
- Dina Titus
- Rashida Tlaib
- Xochitl Torres Small
- Lauren Underwood
- Juan Vargas
- Marc Veasey
- Pete Visclosky
- Tim Walz
- Elizabeth Warren
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Maxine Waters
- Liz Watson
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Peter Welch
- Gretchen Whitmer
- Susan Wild
- Frederica Wilson
- Tom Wolf
- Dennis Wolff
- John Yarmuth
- + 2017 Endorsements
- + 2016 Endorsements
- Alma Adams
- Pete Aguilar
- Brad Ashford
- Karen Bass
- Joyce Beatty
- Xavier Becerra
- Michael Bennet
- Ami Bera
- Don Beyer, Jr.
- Sanford Bishop, Jr.
- Earl Blumenauer
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Brendan Boyle
- Bob Brady
- Anthony Brown
- Julia Brownley
- Cheri Bustos
- Bryan Caforio
- Salud Carbajal
- Tony Cárdenas
- Morgan Carroll
- André Carson
- Matt Cartwright
- Kathy Castor
- Joaquin Castro
- Judy Chu
- David Cicilline
- Lacy Clay, Jr.
- Emanuel Cleaver II
- Hillary Clinton
- Jim Clyburn
- Steve Cohen
- Lynn Coleman
- Gerry Connolly
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Paul Cook
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Jim Costa
- Ryan Costello
- Joe Courtney
- Angie Craig
- Charlie Crist, Jr.
- Elijah Cummings
- Rodney Davis
- Peter DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- Rosa DeLauro
- Suzan DelBene
- Jeff Denham
- Charlie Dent
- Robert Derlet
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Ted Deutch
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Debbie Dingell
- Jane Dittmar
- Bob Dold
- Mike Doyle, Jr.
- Gretchen Driskell
- Joe Dunn
- Keith Ellison
- Anna Eshoo
- Dwight Evans
- Russ Feingold
- Bill Foster
- Lois Frankel
- Marcia Fudge
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Ruben Gallego
- Pete Gallego
- John Garamendi
- Melissa Gilbert
- Sam Graves
- Jim Gray
- Gene Green
- Raul Grijalva
- Isadore Hall III
- Colleen Hanabusa
- Kamala Harris
- Maggie Hassan
- Alcee Hastings, Sr.
- Paula Hawks
- Denny Heck
- Baron Hill
- Mike Honda
- Steny Hoyer
- Jared Huffman
- Pramila Jayapal
- Hank Johnson, Jr.
- Lon Johnson
- Patty Judge
- Denise Juneau
- Jason Kander
- Marcy Kaptur
- Robin Kelly
- Nancy Kemper
- Ruben Kihuen
- Dan Kildee
- Derek Kilmer
- Ron Kind
- Ann Kirkpatrick
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Ann Kuster
- Jim Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- Brenda Lawrence
- Patrick Leahy
- Barbara Lee
- Sandy Levin
- John Lewis
- Ted Lieu
- Frank LoBiondo
- Dave Loebsack
- Alan Lowenthal
- Nita Lowey
- Ben Lujan, Jr.
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Carolyn Maloney
- Doris Matsui
- Betty McCollum
- Donald McEachin
- Katie McGinty
- David McKinley
- Jerry McNerney
- Pat Meehan
- Gwen Moore
- Jim Mowrer
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patrick Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Grace Napolitano
- Rick Nolan
- Donald Norcross
- Tom O'Halleran
- Beto O'Rourke
- Bill Otto
- Doug Owens
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Jimmy Panetta
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Don Payne, Jr.
- Nancy Pelosi
- Ed Perlmutter
- Scott Peters
- Collin Peterson
- Harvey Peyton
- Chellie Pingree
- John Plumb
- Mark Pocan
- Jared Polis
- Susannah Randolph
- Jamie Raskin
- Jim Reed
- Dave Reichert
- Jacky Rosen
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Deborah Ross
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Raul Ruiz
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- Tim Ryan
- Linda Sánchez
- Steve Santarsiero
- John Sarbanes
- Jan Schakowsky
- Brian Schatz
- Adam Schiff
- Kurt Schrader
- Chuck Schumer
- Gail Schwartz
- David Scott
- Bobby Scott
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Brad Sherman
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Albio Sires
- Louise Slaughter
- Adam Smith
- Merrie Lee Soules
- Jackie Speier
- Ted Strickland
- Eric Swalwell
- Mark Takano
- Zephyr Teachout
- Mike Thompson
- Bennie Thompson
- GT Thompson, Jr.
- Dina Titus
- Norma Torres
- Bryan Townsend
- David Valadao
- Chris Van Hollen, Jr.
- Juan Vargas
- Marc Veasey
- Filemon Vela, Jr.
- Monica Vernon
- Brent Waltz
- Tim Walz
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Maxine Waters
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Kim Weaver
- Peter Welch
- Frederica Wilson
- Ruby Woolridge
- Keith Wright
- Ron Wyden
- John Yarmuth
- Shelli Yoder
- + 2014 Endorsements
- + 2012 Endorsements
- William Adkins
- Shelley Adler
- Pete Aguilar
- Rob Andrews
- John Arvanites
- Joe Baca, Sr.
- Tammy Baldwin
- Ron Barber
- Brian Barnes
- John Barrow
- Joyce Beatty
- Xavier Becerra
- Ami Bera
- Shelley Berkley
- Judy Biggert
- Sanford Bishop, Jr.
- Tim Bishop
- Denise Blanchard
- Earl Blumenauer
- Daniel Boman
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Kathy Boockvar
- Leonard Boswell
- Bob Brady
- Bruce Braley
- Gloria Bromell-Tinubu
- Corrine Brown
- Sherrod Brown
- Julia Brownley
- Cheri Bustos
- G.K. Butterfield, Jr.
- Maria Cantwell
- Lois Capps
- Mike Capuano
- Tony Cárdenas
- Ben Cardin
- Richard Carmona
- Russ Carnahan
- John Carney, Jr.
- Tom Carper
- Matt Cartwright
- Bob Casey, Jr.
- Kathy Castor
- Joaquin Castro
- Ben Chandler III
- Jay Chen
- Upendra Chivukula
- Judy Chu
- David Cicilline
- Yvette Clarke
- Lacy Clay, Jr.
- Emanuel Cleaver II
- Jim Clyburn
- Steve Cohen
- Gerry Connolly
- Jim Cooper
- Jim Costa
- Joe Courtney
- Mark Critz
- David Crooks
- Joe Crowley
- Henry Cuellar
- Elijah Cummings
- Susan Davis
- Peter DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- John Delaney
- Rosa DeLauro
- Suzan DelBene
- Val Demings
- Ted Deutch
- Lloyd Doggett II
- Bob Dold
- Joe Donnelly, Sr.
- John Douglass
- Mike Doyle, Jr.
- Tammy Duckworth
- Candace Duval
- Missa Eaton
- Donna Edwards
- Scott Ellington
- Keith Ellison
- Bill Enyart
- Evelyn Erhard
- Anna Eshoo
- Elizabeth Esty
- Sam Farr
- Chaka Fattah, Sr.
- Dianne Feinstein
- Keith Fitzgerald
- Lois Frankel
- Brian Froelich
- Marcia Fudge
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Pete Gallego
- John Garamendi
- Joe Garcia
- Jim Gerlach
- Chris Gibson
- David Gill
- Kim Gillan
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Jim Graves
- Alan Grayson
- Raul Grijalva
- Pam Gulleson
- Janice Hahn
- Colleen Hanabusa
- Mufi Hannemann
- John Harris
- Alcee Hastings, Sr.
- Joyce Healy-Abrams
- Denny Heck
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Teresa Hensley
- Jose Hernandez
- John Hernandez
- Brian Higgins
- Jim Himes
- Rubén Hinojosa, Sr.
- Mazie Hirono
- Paul Hirschbiel, Jr.
- Kathy Hochul
- Tim Holden
- Rush Holt, Jr.
- Mike Honda
- Steven Horsford
- Scott Howell
- Steny Hoyer
- Jared Huffman
- Steve Israel
- Jesse Jackson, Jr.
- Gene Jeffress
- Hank Johnson, Jr.
- Eddie Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Marcy Kaptur
- Bill Keating
- Patricia Keever
- Joe Kennedy III
- Bob Kerrey
- Dan Kildee
- Derek Kilmer
- Ron Kind
- Angus King, Jr.
- Ann Kirkpatrick
- Larry Kissell
- Amy Klobuchar
- Pat Kreitlow
- Ann Kuster
- Nicholas Lampson
- Pat Lang
- Jim Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- John Larson
- Steve LaTourette
- Al Lawson, Jr.
- Barbara Lee
- Sandy Levin
- John Lewis
- Frank LoBiondo
- Dave Loebsack
- Alan Lowenthal
- Ben Lujan, Jr.
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Stephen Lynch
- Dan Maffei
- Carolyn Maloney
- Sean Maloney
- Joe Manchin III
- Ed Markey
- Jim Matheson
- Doris Matsui
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Claire McCaskill
- Betty McCollum
- Jim McDermott
- Gary McDowell
- Jim McGovern
- Mike McIntyre
- Jerry McNerney
- Pat Meehan
- Gregory Meeks
- Bob Menendez
- Grace Meng
- Mike Michaud
- Joe Miklosi
- Gwen Moore
- Jim Moran, Jr.
- Brad Morris
- Elisabeth Motsinger
- Brendan Mullen
- Chris Murphy
- Patrick Murphy
- Grace Napolitano
- Richard Neal
- Bill Nelson, Sr.
- Sharen Neuhardt
- Rick Nolan
- Barack Obama II
- John Olson
- Beto O'Rourke
- Bill Owens
- Sal Pace
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Ed Pastor
- Don Payne, Jr.
- Nancy Pelosi
- Ed Perlmutter
- Steven Pestka
- Scott Peters
- Gary Peters
- Collin Peterson
- Chellie Pingree
- Mark Pocan
- Jared Polis
- David Price
- Nick Rahall II
- Charlie Rangel
- Jim Reed
- Dave Reichert
- Scott Reske
- Silvestre Reyes
- Hayden Rogers
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Raul Ruiz
- Herb Rule
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- Tim Ryan
- Paul Sadler
- Loretta Sanchez
- Linda Sánchez
- Bernie Sanders
- John Sarbanes
- Jan Schakowsky
- Aaron Schock
- Kurt Schrader
- Allyson Schwartz
- David Scott
- Bobby Scott
- F. Jay Seegmiller
- Terri Sewell
- Brandon Shaffer
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Nate Shinagawa
- Mike Simpson
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Jeff Sinnard
- Albio Sires
- Louise Slaughter
- Jim Slone
- Adam Smith
- Jackie Speier
- Debbie Stabenow
- Pete Stark
- Eric Stewart
- Betty Sutton
- Howard Swint
- Syed Taj
- Mark Takano
- Jon Tester
- Mike Thompson
- Bennie Thompson
- GT Thompson, Jr.
- Thomas Tierney
- Dina Titus
- Paul Tonko
- Niki Tsongas
- Chris Van Hollen, Jr.
- Juan Vargas
- Marc Veasey
- Filemon Vela, Jr.
- Nydia Velázquez
- Christie Vilsack
- Greg Walden
- Jamie Wall
- Rob Wallace
- Tim Walz
- Elizabeth Warren
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Mel Watt
- Henry Waxman
- Alecia Webb-Edgington
- Peter Welch
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Frederica Wilson
- Charlie Wilson, Jr.
- John Yarmuth
- Shelli Yoder
- Angela Zimmann
- + 2010 Endorsements
- John Adler
- Tim Allison
- Jason Altmire
- Rob Andrews
- Joe Baca, Sr.
- Tammy Baldwin
- Karen Bass
- Ami Bera
- Shelley Berkley
- Sanford Bishop, Jr.
- Tim Bishop
- Earl Blumenauer
- John Boccieri
- Leonard Boswell
- Rick Boucher
- Barbara Boxer
- Allen Boyd, Jr.
- Paula Brooks
- Corrine Brown
- Eddie Burks
- Francine Busby
- Mike Capuano
- Robin Carnahan
- Russ Carnahan
- John Carney, Jr.
- Christopher Carney
- André Carson
- Kathy Castor
- Chad Causey
- Travis Childers
- Judy Chu
- Tarryl Clark
- Lacy Clay, Jr.
- Emanuel Cleaver II
- Jim Clyburn
- Martha Coakley
- Steve Cohen
- Gerry Connolly
- Jack Conway
- Chris Coons
- Joe Courtney
- Harry Crawford, Jr.
- Mark Critz
- Joe Crowley
- Henry Cuellar
- Elijah Cummings
- Cal Cunningham
- Kathy Dahlkemper
- Danny Davis
- Peter DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- Ted Deutch
- Norm Dicks
- John Dingell
- Lloyd Doggett II
- Joe Donnelly, Sr.
- Mike Doyle, Jr.
- Steve Driehaus
- Lori Edwards
- Donna Edwards
- Chet Edwards
- Joyce Elliott
- Keith Ellison
- Brad Ellsworth
- Bob Etheridge
- Chaka Fattah, Sr.
- Russ Feingold
- Lee Fisher
- Bill Foster
- Barney Frank
- Marcia Fudge
- John Garamendi
- Gabrielle Giffords
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Rodney Glassman
- Sam Graves
- Alan Grayson
- Al Green
- Gene Green
- Raul Grijalva
- John Hall
- Colleen Hanabusa
- Phil Hare
- Jane Harman
- Alcee Hastings, Sr.
- Denny Heck
- William Hedrick
- Martin Heinrich
- Roy Herron
- Baron Hill
- Jim Himes
- Maurice Hinchey
- Rubén Hinojosa, Sr.
- Mazie Hirono
- Paul Hodes
- John Hoeven
- David Hoffman
- Tim Holden
- Rush Holt, Jr.
- Steny Hoyer
- Jon Hulburd
- Daniel Inouye
- Jay Inslee
- Jesse Jackson, Jr.
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Hank Johnson, Jr.
- Eddie Johnson
- Steve Kagen
- Paul Kanjorski
- Marcy Kaptur
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Mary Jo Kilroy
- Ron Kind
- Mark Kirk
- Ann Kirkpatrick
- Ron Klein
- Suzanne Kosmas
- Frank Kratovil, Jr.
- Beth Krom
- Dennis Kucinich
- Jim Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- John Larson
- Julie Lassa
- Bryan Lentz
- John Lewis
- Blanche Lincoln
- Dave Loebsack
- Nita Lowey
- Ben Lujan, Jr.
- Shelley Madore
- Betsy Markey
- Ed Markey
- Les Marsden
- Jim Marshall
- Jim Matheson
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Betty McCollum
- Jim McDermott
- Gary McDowell
- Jim McGovern
- Jerry McNerney
- Pat Meagher
- Kendrick Meek, Sr.
- Jim Meffert
- Charlie Melancon, Sr.
- Mike Michaud
- Harry Mitchell
- Alan Mollohan
- Stephene Moore
- Gwen Moore
- Jim Moran, Jr.
- Lisa Murkowski
- Chris Murphy
- Patrick Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Richard Neal
- Glenn Nye III
- Jim Oberstar
- Robert O'Leary
- John Olver
- Solomon Ortiz, Sr.
- Bill Owens
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Ed Pastor
- Donald Payne
- Ed Perlmutter
- Tom Perriello
- Gary Peters
- Chellie Pingree
- Todd Platts
- Jared Polis
- Earl Pomeroy
- Steve Pougnet
- Nick Rahall II
- Jim Reed
- Dave Reichert
- Harry Reid
- Silvestre Reyes
- Ciro Rodriguez
- Mike Ross
- Steve Rothman
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- Tim Ryan
- John Salazar
- Loretta Sanchez
- John Sarbanes
- Mark Schauer
- Jean Schodorf
- Kurt Schrader
- Allyson Schwartz
- David Scott
- Bobby Scott
- Joe Sestak, Jr.
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Ike Skelton
- Adam Smith
- Zack Space
- Arlen Specter
- Jackie Speier
- John Spratt, Jr.
- Betty Sutton
- Harry Teague
- Bennie Thompson
- John Tierney
- Dina Titus
- Paul Tonko
- Niki Tsongas
- William Van Haaften
- Pete Visclosky
- Tim Walz
- Russell Warner
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Tom White
- Robbie Wills
- Charlie Wilson, Jr.
- David Wu
- Ron Wyden
- John Yarmuth