NEA ‘Teacher of the Year’ called teaching profession ‘deeply political’

A 2025 National “Year teacher“The recipient said on Friday that the profession” is deeply political. ,

“Who am I not teaching? What happens if I go away? Ashli ​​Crusson saidA high school English teacher, annual National Education Association (NEA) during the Representative Assembly meeting.

“But for me, they became my solid grounds. And this solid ground became a launching pad. Once I started paying attention, I once realized how deep our profession was always,” Crusson said.

Native of Pennsylvania participated in his first statewide union program in January 2024, where he met NEA President Becky Pringle. In March, Cruceon participated National education union national leadership Summit in Detroit.

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Crosson shared that he faced a “separate NEA”, where he felt the “burden” of whatever he could in the future.

“It is difficult to feel any feeling of assurance when the best path ahead has moved forward. But among the unknown, I believe that we can find comfort and flexibility in everything we know. And what we know is that it starts with a soundbite or a promise. It starts with us and how we accept anything and how we accept anything.”

With over three million members, NEA is the largest teacher union in the country. Crowson, a teacher at Miflin County High School in Levistown, Pennsylvania, spoke to thousands of delegates at his 2025 House of Representatives in Portland, Oregon.

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Crawson, who taught in a rural community, explained that a lot had changed because he realized how his profession had become political two years ago. The teacher faced conflicts during the Koronwirus epidemic, when the Internet companies refused to serve students in rural areas, “value of more profit than access.”

“I stand for Jayden and Gavin and Luce, who needed a support system more than a student handbook. I stand here for my sister Sydney, born in Vietnam and follows in Central Pennsylvania.

Crawson was award National “Teacher Year” Award by the Council of Chief State School Officers in May. Council National Year’s National Teacher Program “Identify extraordinary teachers across the country, identifies their effective work in class, attach them to a year of professional learning and increase their voices.”

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The national teacher of the year is selected by an independent selection committee consisting of representatives of the National K-12 education organizations, NEA and their union equivalent, the American Federation of Teachers.

Assembly is held every year to establish the agenda for the Sangh. Around 7,000 teachers across the country participated in the event on Saturday. This year’s theme addressed “nationwide unprecedented attack on public education” NEA tells the website,

The council of chief state school officials said Cross’s comments do not represent the ideas of the organization.

A spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “CCSSO is a non -participant, nationwide, non -profit organization that serves public authorities, serving major departments of primary and secondary education in states and regions.” “Amidst our work, we run the National Teacher of the Year Program. The national teacher of the year is chosen independently to bring attention to the national public on the importance of excellence in teaching and does not represent the ideas or ideas of the CCSSO or the members we represent.”

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