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1. LifeNews.com: National Education Association Defeats Measure to Take Neutral Abortion Stance by Steven Ertelt During its national convention over the weekend, the National Education Association...
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Miscellany, miscellany, miscellany… enjoy or not as some of it isn’t very enjoyable, but it is informative. Christianity Today: Transcending the Worship Wars Motor City Times: Obama Administration...
View ArticleThe Influence of the NEA
As described by their outgoing General Counsel Bob Chanin at the NEA 2009 conference: Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the...
View Article3 Reasons Obama’s Education Vision Deserves an F
Nick Gillespie of Reason TV put together a short video that highlights why President Obama’s education vision and policy deserves an F 1. Money Talks. Obama says that the educational system needs new...
View ArticleAs the NEA Membership Declines They Demand a Leadership Role in Education Reform
The National Education Association is reinventing itself after they have had a significant drop in membership over the last several years, The Huffington Post reports. The NEA expects a loss of...
View ArticleNEA Tone Deafness
Vice President Biden speaks at NEA Convention The National Education Association (NEA) is bleeding membership, they predict an overall loss of 308,000 members and a lost of $65 million in dues by the...
View ArticleNEA Representation Voted Down at University of Vermont
University of Vermont campus I don’t think my disdain for public employee unions is a big secret. I’m on record calling them anathema a few times. So it warms my heart to see that the University of...
View ArticleArne Duncan Seeks to Ensure Equal Distribution of School Resources
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Photo credit: Ralph Alswang (CC-By-ND 2.0) The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a “Dear Colleague” letter to school districts and...
View ArticleThe NEA Must Be Scared About Iowa U.S. Senate Race
The National Education Association Advocacy fund just dropped $550, 000 for a last pitch in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race. The NEA describes it as “a significant, six-figure, tough new television ad.” They...
View ArticleWhat Will Betsy DeVos Bring to the Role of Secretary of Education?
President-elect Donald Trump announced today that school choice advocate Betsy DeVos will be his Secretary of Education. DeVos will have to be confirmed by a Republican majority Senate. “Betsy DeVos...
View ArticleAbortion Has Nothing to Do With Education
The National Education Association’s Representative Assembly passed a statement during their annual meeting in Houston, Texas over the weekend that supports a “right to abortion.” New Business Item 56...
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