Opposition to Common Core Growing Among NEA Members
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel
Mike Antonucci notes an increase in opposition to the Common Core among members of the National Education Association seen in a recent survey they commissioned. He writes at Intercepts:
The National Education Association intensified its backing last fall with the results of a poll and focus group of 1,200 members conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research. The union proudly noted that “more than 75 percent of NEA members either support the standards wholeheartedly or with some reservations.”The breakdown of the findings was 26% in wholehearted support, 50% in support with reservations, 13% without an opinion, and only 11% opposed.Even while NEA was touting these figures it was conducting a wider web survey, encompassing almost 17,000 members in 33 states. The results of that survey showed a worrisome trend for the union and for Common Core supporters in general.Support for the standards fell only slightly, down to 71%. Opposition, however, solidified to almost triple the previous number. A full 29% of NEA members do not support CCSS.NEA’s response to this will be a more expansive version of what we have already seen. Since February, the party line has been to support the standards while denouncing theirOpposition to Common Core Growing Among NEA Members | Truth in American Education: