On the Serving Platter: The NEA-Teach Plus “Partnership”
I think both national teachers unions have some skewed arrangement to “seek solidarity” by fastening themselves to privatizing groups. Perhaps such is an adult display of grasping to belong to the “cool kids” clique.
The “cool kids” are the ones exploding with reform philanthropy money to invest in ways to drain money from the teaching profession.
Never mind the destruction– even the looming destruction of the unions themselves.
A national teachers union’s alignment with organizations clearly opposed to traditional teaching (and non-standardized-measured “success”) must be in vogue.
A way to be “at the table”– a real “mover and shaker.”
Never mind that your “featured seat” is in the center of the table on a serving platter.
The NEA Decision to Align With Yet More Privatization
On February 20, 2014, the National Education Association (NEA) decided to seat itself on that serving platter by joining forces with the education privatization nest that is Teach Plus.
Here is the opener NEA uses to announce its decision:
For several years, the National Education Association has pressed for a shift in