Noel Candelaria
@noelcandelaria.bsky.social
Proud El Pasoan, husband, father, & SpEd teacher serving as NEA Secretary-Treasurer, the nations largest labor union, committed to the success of public education & workplace democracy through our unions.
Powerful weekend at NEA’s MLT/WLT-West in Denver — sharpening leadership, advancing equity, and building power.
Inspired by student leader Swafiya Twahir & proud of Texas leaders Evelyna and Francesca leading the way.
Bonus: Met Jimmy Kimmel — excited to be among educators. ✊🏽💚 #MLTWLT #WeAreNEA
Inspired by student leader Swafiya Twahir & proud of Texas leaders Evelyna and Francesca leading the way.
Bonus: Met Jimmy Kimmel — excited to be among educators. ✊🏽💚 #MLTWLT #WeAreNEA
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Honored to keynote NEA’s leadership seminar in Denver.
At a time when immigrant communities are attacked & public education is under threat, educators must organize, build community, & lead with courage.
We are 3 million strong.
Juntos Podemos Cambiar el Mundo.
At a time when immigrant communities are attacked & public education is under threat, educators must organize, build community, & lead with courage.
We are 3 million strong.
Juntos Podemos Cambiar el Mundo.
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Honored to keynote NEA’s leadership seminar in Denver.
At a time when immigrant communities are attacked & public education is under threat, educators must organize, build community, & lead with courage.
We are 3 million strong.
Juntos Podemos Cambiar el Mundo.
At a time when immigrant communities are attacked & public education is under threat, educators must organize, build community, & lead with courage.
We are 3 million strong.
Juntos Podemos Cambiar el Mundo.
So inspired seeing educators celebrate earning & maintaining National Board Certification. Having watched Patty do it & mentor others, I know the sacrifice behind it. Congrats NBCTs—students rise because you invest in yourselves. Proud NEA is a founding partner. ✨🍎
#NBCT
#NBCT
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So inspired seeing educators celebrate earning & maintaining National Board Certification. Having watched Patty do it & mentor others, I know the sacrifice behind it. Congrats NBCTs—students rise because you invest in yourselves. Proud NEA is a founding partner. ✨🍎
#NBCT
#NBCT
Honored to moderate at the EI Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Brussels.
A clear takeaway:
Educators and our unions must lead how AI is used in schools — not tech companies or policymakers.
Explore NEA’s work on AI literacy, policy, and member learning: nea.org/ai
A clear takeaway:
Educators and our unions must lead how AI is used in schools — not tech companies or policymakers.
Explore NEA’s work on AI literacy, policy, and member learning: nea.org/ai
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Honored to moderate at the EI Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Brussels.
A clear takeaway:
Educators and our unions must lead how AI is used in schools — not tech companies or policymakers.
Explore NEA’s work on AI literacy, policy, and member learning: nea.org/ai
A clear takeaway:
Educators and our unions must lead how AI is used in schools — not tech companies or policymakers.
Explore NEA’s work on AI literacy, policy, and member learning: nea.org/ai
Today marks 50 years of IDEA — a law that changed lives, including mine as a special education teacher and a dad of a student with an IEP.
I’m grateful for IDEA, but not for Congress’ 50 years of broken promises.
It’s time to FULLY FUND IDEA NOW.
Take action: nea.org/IDEA50
#IDEA50 #FullyFundIDEA
I’m grateful for IDEA, but not for Congress’ 50 years of broken promises.
It’s time to FULLY FUND IDEA NOW.
Take action: nea.org/IDEA50
#IDEA50 #FullyFundIDEA
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Today marks 50 years of IDEA — a law that changed lives, including mine as a special education teacher and a dad of a student with an IEP.
I’m grateful for IDEA, but not for Congress’ 50 years of broken promises.
It’s time to FULLY FUND IDEA NOW.
Take action: nea.org/IDEA50
#IDEA50 #FullyFundIDEA
I’m grateful for IDEA, but not for Congress’ 50 years of broken promises.
It’s time to FULLY FUND IDEA NOW.
Take action: nea.org/IDEA50
#IDEA50 #FullyFundIDEA
What a country funds is what it values. If we can afford endless war but not a Department of Education, we’re choosing fear over opportunity.
Our children—and our democracy—deserve better.
Our children—and our democracy—deserve better.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What a country funds is what it values. If we can afford endless war but not a Department of Education, we’re choosing fear over opportunity.
Our children—and our democracy—deserve better.
Our children—and our democracy—deserve better.
Powerful weekend at our NEA National Organizing Conference in Chicago.
From defending democracy to building high-density worksites, we’re answering President Pringle’s call to Organize for Power.
Thanks to our Center for Organizing + VP Princess Moss.
When educators organize, we win.
#WeAreNEA
From defending democracy to building high-density worksites, we’re answering President Pringle’s call to Organize for Power.
Thanks to our Center for Organizing + VP Princess Moss.
When educators organize, we win.
#WeAreNEA
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Powerful weekend at our NEA National Organizing Conference in Chicago.
From defending democracy to building high-density worksites, we’re answering President Pringle’s call to Organize for Power.
Thanks to our Center for Organizing + VP Princess Moss.
When educators organize, we win.
#WeAreNEA
From defending democracy to building high-density worksites, we’re answering President Pringle’s call to Organize for Power.
Thanks to our Center for Organizing + VP Princess Moss.
When educators organize, we win.
#WeAreNEA
Today is National Education Support Professionals Day!
We celebrate the educators who keep students safe, supported & fed.
If you feed our students, you should be able to feed your own family.
One Job Should Be Enough!
#AEW2025 #WeLoveOurESPs #ESPday
We celebrate the educators who keep students safe, supported & fed.
If you feed our students, you should be able to feed your own family.
One Job Should Be Enough!
#AEW2025 #WeLoveOurESPs #ESPday
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Today is National Education Support Professionals Day!
We celebrate the educators who keep students safe, supported & fed.
If you feed our students, you should be able to feed your own family.
One Job Should Be Enough!
#AEW2025 #WeLoveOurESPs #ESPday
We celebrate the educators who keep students safe, supported & fed.
If you feed our students, you should be able to feed your own family.
One Job Should Be Enough!
#AEW2025 #WeLoveOurESPs #ESPday
Reposted by Noel Candelaria
Shame on this administration.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Shame on this administration.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
Abbott’s plan to abolish school property taxes would gut $39.5 B from TX schools—with no plan to replace it.
It’s time for new leadership that believes in the promise of public education and invests in every child, not just the privileged few.
#FundPublicEducation
#TxEd #TxLege
It’s time for new leadership that believes in the promise of public education and invests in every child, not just the privileged few.
#FundPublicEducation
#TxEd #TxLege
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November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Abbott’s plan to abolish school property taxes would gut $39.5 B from TX schools—with no plan to replace it.
It’s time for new leadership that believes in the promise of public education and invests in every child, not just the privileged few.
#FundPublicEducation
#TxEd #TxLege
It’s time for new leadership that believes in the promise of public education and invests in every child, not just the privileged few.
#FundPublicEducation
#TxEd #TxLege
On #VeteransDay, I honor my grandfather Jose “Joe” Candelaria, a WWII U.S. Army veteran — and my family members serving today.
They swore an oath to defend our Constitution, not a party or person.
As On Tyranny reminds us: freedom survives only when we defend it. 🇺🇸
They swore an oath to defend our Constitution, not a party or person.
As On Tyranny reminds us: freedom survives only when we defend it. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On #VeteransDay, I honor my grandfather Jose “Joe” Candelaria, a WWII U.S. Army veteran — and my family members serving today.
They swore an oath to defend our Constitution, not a party or person.
As On Tyranny reminds us: freedom survives only when we defend it. 🇺🇸
They swore an oath to defend our Constitution, not a party or person.
As On Tyranny reminds us: freedom survives only when we defend it. 🇺🇸
Powerful day at Bernard Black Academy w/ Roosevelt EA educators organizing to win majority status! 💪
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Powerful day at Bernard Black Academy w/ Roosevelt EA educators organizing to win majority status! 💪
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
Campus is already 60% union strong — and 2 new members joined today!
Huge thanks to Worksite Leader Deborah Rosen, & REA Pres. Martha Thomas.
#UnionStrong #WeAreNEA #NoOneIsGoingToSaveUsButUs
Reposted by Noel Candelaria
Reopening the government is a basic job duty for the party in charge.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Reopening the government is a basic job duty for the party in charge.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
No one should have to choose between providing their families food or healthcare. Yet Republicans are determined to deny both—they put politics over people. They must end the shutdown without robbing families of basic needs.
What an incredible few days at the New Jersey Education Association Convention!
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What an incredible few days at the New Jersey Education Association Convention!
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
Grateful to Pres. Beatty, VP Robertson, Sec.-Treas. Dare, & NEA Dir. Stacy Yanko for the warm welcome.
Congrats on electing Mikie Sherrill & so many pro-public ed school board wins!
#WeAreNJEA
Congratulations Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — a win for working families, immigrants, and public schools.
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Congratulations Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — a win for working families, immigrants, and public schools.
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
Universal child care
More teachers
Stronger unions
A city of immigrants — led by an immigrant
Juntos Podemos Cambiar El Mundo. ✊🏽🏙️
#Mamdani #NYC #LaborStrong #PeoplePower
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Alaska educators & families have been deeply impacted by Typhoon Halong.
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
Donate to NEA-Alaska Typhoon Halong Relief Fund, organized by Christine Tarrago
We are members, educators, employees and friends of the National Education Ass… Christine Tarrago needs your support for NEA-Alaska Typhoon Halong Relief Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Alaska educators & families have been deeply impacted by Typhoon Halong.
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
Patty & I are donating — please join us in supporting our NEA-Alaska family. 💙
Donate/share: www.gofundme.com/f/nea-alaska...
#AlaskaStrong #PublicSchools
I’m voting tomorrow — because democracy depends on us showing up.
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m voting tomorrow — because democracy depends on us showing up.
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
Texas makes it hard to vote. Even college students like my daughter studying out of state can’t request absentee ballots.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
Make your plan to vote. 🗳️
#ElectionDay #TXVotes
Back-to-back World Series Champs!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Back-to-back World Series Champs!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
Vamos Dodgers!!!!
Sec o Ed mocking teacher unions & 🎉 closing ED tells us everything: she’s unqualified to lead a system she doesn’t believe in.
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sec o Ed mocking teacher unions & 🎉 closing ED tells us everything: she’s unqualified to lead a system she doesn’t believe in.
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
We fight for equity, civil rights, & every student. Extremists attack us because we 🛑 them from dismantling & privatizing public schools.
#UnionStrong
#WeAreNEA
The same system that cages immigrants closes hospitals and takes food from hungry families.
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The same system that cages immigrants closes hospitals and takes food from hungry families.
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
Injustice doesn’t stay isolated — it grows.
We choose solidarity, dignity, and humanity. ✊🏽❤️
#ImmigrantJustice #HumanRightsForAll #NILC
Day 27 of the shutdown — and kids are paying the price.
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Day 27 of the shutdown — and kids are paying the price.
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
SNAP and Medicaid cuts = lost meals & lost school supports.
In the richest nation on Earth: no child should ever be hungry.
See your state impact → nea.org/nutritioncuts
#ProtectKidsNotCuts
Higher Ed Month is here — and so are the attacks on academic freedom.
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Higher Ed Month is here — and so are the attacks on academic freedom.
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
Federal “compacts.” State-level targeting of faculty. DEI dismantled.
This is exactly how Snyder says authoritarianism advances: attack the truth first.
Defend Higher Ed. Defend truth.
Act w/ @neatoday.bsky.social → nea.org/nhem
Reposted by Noel Candelaria
Clearly, it is no secret that this administration does not care about children—especially those with disabilities in special education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
Trump Administration Threatens Support for Children With Disabilities
Earlier this month, the Trump Administration took aim at a vital program with deep bipartisan support that provides screening, accommodations, and interventions for 7.5 million disabled children each....
www.cbpp.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Clearly, it is no secret that this administration does not care about children—especially those with disabilities in special education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
Rather than investing in these students, they are disrupting IDEA and putting it on the back burner at HHS.
This is just their newest way to dismantle education.
We rallied to say it clearly: No Kings over our classrooms.
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We rallied to say it clearly: No Kings over our classrooms.
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social
Public schools don’t belong to billionaires or politicians — they belong to the people.
Public education is a public good.
Defend democracy.
#NoKings #DefendPublicEd #FundOurSchools
#WeAreNEA
@neatoday.bsky.social