The
National Education Association (
NEA) is the largest
labor union in the United States. It represents
public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at
colleges and
universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has just under 3 million members and is headquartered in
Washington, D.C. The NEA had a budget of more than $341 million for the 2012–2013 fiscal year.
Lily Eskelsen García is the NEA's current president.