Alabama Education Association

The AEA provides legal assistance, professional development opportunities, member benefits, and a strong voice for education in the Alabama Legislature.

The AEA serves as the advocate for its members and leads in the advancement of equitable and quality public education for Alabama's diverse population.

One of the mandates of Reconstruction placed on the former Confederate states was that each had to write a new constitution acceptable to Congress before rejoining the Union.

Though it is officially a professional organization, it performs many of the same functions as a trade union, and is thus frequently referred to as such by the news media and other writers, as well as political opponents.

[3][4][5] (State law prevents public employees from being represented by a union per se, hence the designation.)