Teachers Unions and Education Politics

National Education Association president Becky Pringle is slated to speak Wednesday on a Sunrise Movement–hosted mass Zoom call titled "Roadmap to Political Revolution," focused on opposing Trump administration immigration enforcement and ICE after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. The virtual event, which will also feature Rep. Ro Khanna, Sunrise executive director Aru Shiney‑Ajay and include phone‑banking for Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, is billed as a strategy session on "turning the tide on ICE" through organizing in Minneapolis and beyond. Pringle and the NEA, along with the American Federation of Teachers and other unions, have recently issued statements demanding that ICE stay away from schools, with Pringle writing that "ICE must leave our schools and communities immediately." The appearance underscores how the 3‑million‑member NEA—still the only union with a federal charter, though a 2025 bill seeks to repeal it over political activity—is openly aligning with a hard‑left climate group that also pushes the Green New Deal, racial‑justice investment and an explicit "political revolution" against Trump. For parents and taxpayers, it’s another sign that the nation’s biggest teachers union is treating immigration enforcement as a core political battleground, not just a classroom issue.