Advocating for Virginia Education Professionals Since 1863

12月29日, 1863, the Educational Association of Virginia was founded at a statewide meeting held in the basement of the First Baptist Church in Petersburg. Its mission: “By all suitable means, to promote the educational welfare of Virginia and of the whole country.” Several name changes later, the Virginia State 老师 Association in 1925 formally became the Virginia Education Association.

在其整个历史中, VEA has fought for sound instructional practices, adequate textbooks and resources for students, and compensation and benefits to attract the best into careers in Virginia public schools.

Following merger with the predominantly black Virginia 老师 Association in 1967, the merged Union has played a key role in advocating for educational equity in Virginia, and four African-Americans have been elected president: Mary Hatwood Futrell (1976-78), 谢利·詹姆斯(1996 - 2000), Princess Moss (2005-2008) and James J. Fedderman (2020- ), who became the first Black male elected to lead the Association.

During the 1990s and continuing to the present time, VEA has been a major force for the betterment of public education, advocating for and winning significant state funding increases for schools, boosting instructional support for teachers, and securing adequate health insurance for retired teachers.

Read our article celebrating 150 years

Timeline: A Journey to Progress in Education

1863
离析成立

The founding convention of the Educational Association of Virginia, the forerunner to today’s Virginia Education Association, 在彼得堡举行.

1907
第一个杂志

Virginia Journal of Education publishes first edition. VEA continues to publish this premier source of instructional theory and practice today.

1910
总统地址

U.S. President William Howard Taft addresses VEA convention in Richmond.

1925
离析的名字了

当前名称, the Virginia Education Association, 采用, and the new VEA affiliates with the National Education Association.

1954
布朗的决定

后,你.S. 最高法院 decision in Brown v. 教育委员会, the VTA calls on the creation of one, unified association of educators in Virginia. Realization of that call took until 1967.

1957
黑人教师了

Sixty-three black teachers are fired by the Prince Edward schools to evade compliance with the U.S. 最高法院’s decision to integrate schools. NEA and VTA work together to find them jobs and to provide food and financial support for the children turned away from public schools.

1967
VEA-VTA合并

The VEA and the Virginia 老师 Association, which represented black teachers, merge.

1972
Association Helps Protect Pregnant 老师

Chesterfield teacher Mrs. Susan Cohen wins a court ruling that she could not be forced to resign her position because of her pregnancy. Decision was later overruled by US District Court in Richmond but was eventually upheld by the U.S. 最高法院.

1974
第一位黑人总统

Mary Hatwood, Alexandria high school teacher, becomes the first black president-elect of VEA. 她的任期始于1976年.

1977
集会在里士满

After Virginia 最高法院 halts negotiations for public employees, 超过7,000 teachers and public employees rally in Richmond on February 4. They oppose proposed cuts in education funding and support passage of a statewide collective bargaining law.

1985
VEA Wins Funding Increase

VEA赢得18分.5% increase in state funding for schools.

1987
退休金

VEA successfully lobbies to reduce retirement age from 60 to 55 years. 

2003
工资公平

VEA wins legislation that guarantees that teachers must be paid within the first month of employment.

2004
光明的未来

Three years of lobbying for improved school funding through the 光明的未来 Campaign results in a record $1.5 billion increase in state funding for schools.

2013
离析是150

VEA reaches its 150th anniversary with a year-long campaign, 'Keeping the Promise: 150 Years of 宣传 for Children and Public Education.'

2017
合并庆祝

The 50th anniversary of the merger of VEA and VTA is recognized with a documentary film and the installation of an official historical marker of the birth of the VTA at the Jackson Street United Methodist Church in Lynchburg.

2019
Red4Ed集会

Four thousand educators and supporters fill Capitol Square demanding higher funding. VEA launches 'Fund Our Future' campaign.

Honoring the Virginia 老师 Association

The Virginia 老师 Association served the Commonwealth’s black teachers from its inception in 1887 until merger with VEA in 1967. The VTA tirelessly advocated for the welfare and rights of black students and educators over those eight decades, and its contributions live on in the merged VEA decades later.

空缺职位

Teacher shortages are a serious issue across the country. Here in Virginia, there are currently over 1,000 unfilled teaching positions.

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