Letter Urging the Civil Rights Data Collection

In July 2025, the NAEd, along with other education associations, issued a joint letter to ED, urging the Department to take immediate action to institute the 2025-26 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Joint Letter Urging Federal Action to Protect IES Funding

On May 18, 2026, the NAEd joined 96 fellow organizations in signing a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, expressing deep concern that approximately $289 million—about 36 percent—of...

Response to IES Modernization

In October 2025, in its response to the RFI seeking input on “how IES can modernize its programs, processes, and priorities to better serve the needs of the field and American students,” the NAEd underscored that any redesign must comply with IES’s Congressional...