NH Public Education

2022 NEA-NH Elections Notice

Filing Deadline is January 18, 2022 Did you know NEA-NH has been around for 165 years? Founded in 1854, the New Hampshire State Teachers Association became one of the “founding ten” state education associations that formed the National Education Association in 1857. Known today as NEA-NH, and comprised of more than 17,000 members, our mission to advocate for the children of New Hampshire and public school employees and to promote lifelong learning remains true after more than 165 years. Our members are public school educators in all stages of their careers, including classroom teachers and other certified professionals, instructors at […]

NEA-NH Supports AFT’s Legal Action to Ensure Every Child Has Access to a Quality Public Education

CONCORD, NH – December 13, 2021 – New Hampshire educators want to provide every child an accurate and quality education that imparts honesty about who we are and integrity in how we treat others. Certain politicians want to censor the truth of our history and ban us from learning from the mistakes of our past. “We agree with our colleagues at AFT that the divisive concepts law is flawed, and we support their efforts to advocate for students in court,” said Megan Tuttle, NEA-New Hampshire President. From the time the bill was introduced until Governor Sununu signed it into law, […]

The Scott McGilvray Children’s Fund – Real Students, Real Families, Real Help

Created by NEA–New Hampshire, the Scott McGilvray Children’s Fund helps kids be ready to learn because a child’s physical, social, or emotional needs should never stand in the way of classroom success.  For more than 25 years we’ve helped children obtain items or services essential to their well-being and success in school, including clothes, medical care, food, transportation, or related services not provided by other agencies. We all know that educators are caring and empathetic – it’s what drove many of us to the profession in the first place. Very often, an educator is the first one to notice when […]

To Some NH Politicians, Loyalty Means Silence

Representatives Lekas, Layon, Cordelli, and Ammon have introduced HB 1255 to “expand the prohibition on teacher advocacy of subversive doctrines.” Digging back to a New Hampshire Teacher Loyalty law that prohibits educators from advocating communism as a political doctrine, they added prohibitions on advocating “any doctrine or theory promoting a negative account or representation of the founding and history of the United States of America” including teaching that “the United States was founded on racism.” For good measure they also propose that “a violation of this section shall be considered a violation of the New Hampshire code of ethics and […]

Early Holiday Deals You Can’t Afford to Miss

From electronics to clothing, get a head start on your gift list and earn cash back while you shop online. by NEA Member Benefits Is it ever too early to start holiday shopping? We don’t think so! All year long, NEA members can shop and save through our popular discount shopping program, NEA Discount Marketplace, powered by Rakuten. You’ll find limited-time savings to help you stretch your budget, and you can earn cash back on your purchases.  We’ve combed through NEA Discount Marketplace to help you get a jump-start on early holiday deals. Shop and save now, and you’ll have your gift list […]

Get Rewarded for Holiday Shopping

By NEA Member Benefits Whether you’re shopping for holiday presents, booking your flight home for the holidays, or making everyday purchases such as groceries, gas, clothes, classroom supplies or books, you can make your hard-earned dollars pay you back with customer loyalty reward program cards, apps and codes. You’ll still be buying the same items, but when you use rewards programs, you’ll get more value for the money you spend. Incentivizing loyal customers has become a big business. Rewards program memberships have grown at a strong, steady rate. Pre-pandemic surveys showed nearly 4 billion loyalty program memberships, and the jury […]