NEA RA: Dennis gives ‘em heck.
I’m not exactly in the last row of the convention center in New Orleans. But this is my view.
In fact, the entire Illinois delegation is pretty much behind a post. Which might tell you something.
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel may not have made a red-meat speech this afternoon to open the NEA RA. But it was a good start. It stood in stark contrast to the tone of the IEA Eeyore leadership.
He never actually mentioned Arne Duncan (except once when he called on each delegate to send a postcard