NEA Endorses 'Save Our Schools' March
The delegation just passed New Business Item B, which encourages all NEA members to participate in the "Save Our Schools" grassroots rally taking place in Washington, D.C., on July 30.
As my colleague Erik Robelen wrote about earlier, the rally's organizers generally criticize things like standardized testing, teacher accountability, school "privatization," and what they deem the "corporate reform" movement. It will include speakers like historian-cum-advocate Diane Ravitch, celebrities, and other officials.
'Wisconsin 14' Earn NEA's Friend of Education Award
In what is apparently the first time the National Education Association has bestowed its "Friend of Education Award" to a group rather than an individual, the union honored the "Wisconsin 14," the senators who left the state for three weeks this spring to try to block a bill supported by Gov. Rick Scott stripping public workers of many collective-bargaining rights.
(That story ended with Republicans pushing the bill through as part of a budget measure. Efforts are now underway to recall both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.)
No big surprises here, obviously. The delegates all held up "Thank you 14" signs, and shouted "Recall!" and