Sunday, March 7, 2010

NEA Puts Power Ahead of Kids


It's really no surprise to anyone ever that the NEA was more interested in protecting its power than educating children. What is surprising is that they actually feel confident enough in their power to admit it. Here's the NEA's General Counsel admitting as much in his retirement speech this past summer. "Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative

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