Zalmon Richards was an American educator from Washington, D.C. He is best known as one of the founders and the first president of the National Teachers Association, now known as the National Education Association. Richards also played a large role in Congress passing a bill creating the Office of Education, precursor to the Department of Education. His former home in Washington, D.C. was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Photograph by Mathew Brady
The Zalmon Richards House is a National Historic Landmark.
National Education Association
The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has just under 3 million members and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The NEA had a budget of more than $341 million for the 2012–2013 fiscal year. Becky Pringle is the NEA's current president.
Hillary Clinton participates in Read Across America Day in Maryland, 1998.
The National Education Association headquarters located at 1201 16th Street near the White House.
General meeting, National Education Association on July 3, 1916, at Madison Square Garden, New York City
