NEA RA: NYSUT leaders take center stage
Dick Iannuzzi is welcomed to the podium by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel (at right) to accept the NEA’s prestigious Friend of Education Award on behalf of Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, a New York Times columnist.
The national spotlight — and television cameras — has been on the National Education Association’s annual Representative Assembly this week, and NYSUT leaders have been center stage.
Today, the news media focused on Vice President Joe Biden’s appearance at the RA in Washington, D.C. Delegate Susan Brazen-King (at right), a leader from Johnson City in Broome County, was among those tapped for reaction. In an interview with WENY-TV, the ABC affiliate in nearby Elmira, Brazen-King told Southern Tier residents about the Obama Administration's support for middle-class families, and its “openEducation leaders: 'Building an airplane in-flight makes the passengers nervous' (audio)
Neira talks Race to the Top, teacher evaluations, standardized tests and school funding with Capitol Pressroom's Susan Arbetter.