Schools Matter: State of Tennessee Steals NEA Code of Ethics and Makes It Impossible for Teachers to Live By It

Schools Matter: State of Tennessee Steals NEA Code of Ethics and Makes It Impossible for Teachers to Live By It:

State of Tennessee Steals NEA Code of Ethics and Makes It Impossible for Teachers to Live By It

by Jim Horn

 Below is the NEA Code of Ethics: 

Preamble
The National Education Association believes that the education profession consists of one education workforce serving the needs of all students and that the term ‘educator’ includes education support professionals.

The educator, believing in the worth and dignity of each human being, recognizes the supreme importance of the pursuit of truth, devotion to excellence, and the nurture of the democratic principles. Essential to these goals is the protection of freedom to learn and to teach and the guarantee of equal educational opportunity for all. The educator accepts the