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NEA Ends Partnership With Anti-Defamation League Pending Final Approval

Delegates accused the civil rights organization of wielding antisemitism claims to suppress pro-Palestinian voices within the union.

National Education Association President Rebecca Pringle speaks during the Get Out the Vote Rally in Detroit in 2022. (Dominick Sokotoff/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, speaks during an immigrant rights protest outside of the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2025.
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Overview

  • On July 6, NEA delegates approved New Business Item 39 to ban any use or endorsement of ADL materials, designating the measure a sanction item and referring it to the Executive Committee for final sign-off.
  • Delegates charged the ADL with abusing antisemitism claims to punish critics of Israel and labeling calls for Palestinian rights as hate speech.
  • A newly recognized Arab-American Caucus and an Educators for Palestine Caucus spearheaded the “Drop the ADL” campaign, reflecting a shift toward integrating Palestinian rights into the union’s antiracist platform.
  • The ADL condemned the vote as “profoundly disturbing” and accused NEA activists of pushing a “radical, antisemitic agenda,” while the Council on American-Islamic Relations welcomed the decision over concerns of anti-Palestinian bias.
  • The vote breaks a nearly 40-year partnership in which the ADL provided curricular materials, teacher training and annual antisemitism reports to U.S. schools.