Saturday, December 24, 2011

In the NEA, this is what democracy looks like. « Fred Klonsky

In the NEA, this is what democracy looks like. « Fred Klonsky:

In the NEA, this is what democracy looks like.

At the NEA convention in Chicago last year, we delegates voted in support of New Business Item 93.

NEA will publicly oppose Teach for America (TFA) contracts when they are used in Districts where there is no teacher shortage or when Districts use TFA agreements to reduce teacher costs, silence union voices, or as a vehicle to bust unions.

More than the precise wording of the NBI itself was the sense (common sense I would say) that Teach For