A Q&A from NEA Ed Justice zeroes in on how the pandemic impacts significant immigration issues that affect students and educators. This includes such topics as DACA renewals and federal support of immigrant workers and their families. Get informed and access helpful resources here. And join the  Ed Justice League to help build power in your community. 

As a fourth coronavirus legislative package takes shape, NEA is urging Congress to address immediate needs like funding as well as long-festering problems ranging from the homework gap to student loan debt. Read NEA’s list of top priorities for students and educators along with a letter urging lawmakers to seize this moment to renew America’s promise of equal opportunity and justice for all. 

Take action!Email your members of Congress and tell them to do more to address the COVID-19 crisis now.

CTA provides ongoing webinars led by experienced online educators who give you tools and best practices for teaching remotely. On tap next week:

• using Nearpod in the secondary classroom
• engaging middle and high school virtually
• high school math online
• using Google Classroom
• high school ELA “guerrilla virtual style”

Sign up here. Can’t make the live trainings? Watch them on CTA’s YouTube channel.

CARE Act Payments:

https://educationvotes.nea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CARES-Act-Payments-040320-FINAL.docx

Education Stabilization Fund:

https://educationvotes.nea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ESF-Cares-Act-FAQ-FINAL-040320.docx

Student Loans:

https://educationvotes.nea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Student-Loans-FAQ-CARES-Act-FINAL-040320.docx

Unemployment Insurance:

https://educationvotes.nea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/UI-Benefits-CARES-Act-FINAL-040320.docx

ESSA Waivers:

https://educationvotes.nea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CARES-Act-ESSA-Waivers-040320-FINAL.docx

School Meals:

https://educationvotes.nea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/School-meals-Families-First-Corona-Response-Act.pdf

NEA will be hosting a live webinar, Student Loan Relief: What the COVID-19 Relief Law means for Student Loan Borrowers, on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT).

Educators, and particularly educators of color, have been burdened by student debt for far too long. And the COVID-19 crisis risks making that debt even more burdensome.

Congress has enacted the CARES Act, a COVID-19 relief law that includes big changes to those who have student debt.

These changes include a suspension of interest and payments for borrowers who have federal student loans from April 10, 2020 to September 30, 2020. NEA is still fighting for a more expansive and more extended suspension of payments. And NEA is also fighting to cancel some or all of our members’ federal student loans.

Join NEA for a Zoom webinar to discuss:

• Details on the student loan provisions in the CARES Act;
• What it means for you and what you should be thinking about doing with your student loans during the suspension period;
• The support available to NEA members to help them manage their loans; and
• What you can do to fight for broader suspension and cancellation.

Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/nea/event/267150/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=staffsend