NEA’s “Teacher of the Year” calls teaching major “deep politics”

2025”Teacher of the Year“The recipient said Friday that the industry is “deeply political.”

“If I don’t teach, who am I? If I walk away? But what happened? But when the world spins, my locals are centered. They fight for Covid Sick Banks, one-to-one laptops, powerful contact tracing, the grace we all deserve, we provide navigation for our members. They become our leaders, what we need is, what we need is, what we need is, what we need is, we all need,” Ashlie Crosson sayshigh school English teacher, at the annual National Education Association (NEA) representative meeting.

“But for me, they became my solid stance. The solid foundation became a launch pad. Once I started paying attention, once I realized how profoundly political our career has been.”

Pennsylvanian participated in the first statewide league event in January 2024, where she met NEA President Becky Pringle. In March, Croston attended National Leadership of the National Education Association Detroit’s top.

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Crosson shared that she encountered a “different NEA” and she felt the “burden” of what might happen in the future.

“It is hard to feel any assurance when the best path to progress has become a moving target. But in the unknown, I am confident that we can find comfort and resilience in the knowledge we know. What we know is that respect does not start with sound or commitment. It starts with us, we start with us and how we improve our voice, how we propose, how we accept our words, what our people say, and our people say agree.

NEA has more than 3 million members, the largest Teacher’s The alliance of the country. Crosson, a teacher at Mifflin County High School in Louiston, Pennsylvania, spoke with thousands of deputies at the 2025 convention in Portland, Oregon.

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Crosson, who teaches in rural communities, explained that she has changed a lot since she realized how her career became two years ago. When internet companies refused to serve students in rural areas, teachers cited the struggles students faced during the coronavirus pandemic, “emphasizing profits that are accessible.”

“I represent Jaden, Jaden and Luce, who needed a support system that supports the system, not a student manual they needed. I represent my sister Sydney, who was born in Vietnam and raised in Central Pennsylvania. She has never had a teacher like her in her 16 years of education,” he said. ”

Crosson is Grant The Chief State School Officer’s Committee awarded the “Teacher of the Year” award in May. The Council’s Annual National Teacher Program “Identify outstanding teachers across the country to recognize their effective work in the classroom, engage them in a year of professional learning and amplify their voices.”

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Teacher of the Year is selected by an independent selection committee composed of representatives from national K-12 education organizations including the NEA and its union rivals, the American Federation of Teachers.

The conference is held every year to set the agenda for the trade unions. Nearly 7,000 educators from all over the country participated in Saturday’s event. This year’s theme involves “Unprecedented Attacks in Public Education in the National”, NEA website says.

Chief State School officials said Croston’s comments do not represent the organization’s views.

A spokesperson told Fox News Digital: “CCSSO is a non-partisan non-profit organization that serves public officials who are responsible for basic education departments in states and regions,” a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “In our work, we run the Teacher of the Year program. The National Teacher of the Year is independently selected to draw attention to the national public’s importance of teaching excellence and does not represent the views or opinions of the CCSSO or the members we represent.”

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