The liberal NEA's liberal donations
from Agape Press
by Fred Jackson
...The largest teacher's union in the United States, the National Education Association (NEA), is handing over millions of dollars in membership dues to some of the country's most liberal organizations.
The Wall Street Journal reports today (January 3) that the NEA gave $65 million to groups such as Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), and Amnesty International.
The disclosure comes in the wake of new federal rules pushed through by Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. As the Wall Street Journal article notes, the big unions fought hard against the new accountability standards; these efforts, the editorialist contends, "expose the [NEA] as a honey pot for left-wing political causes that have nothing to do with teachers, much less students." {About time there were standards to show where money is spent.}
Other groups that have received NEA dues money include Protect Our Public Schools, an anti-charter school group. The Journal says the NEA gave that group $500,000 to help in its efforts to block school choice. {If Christian parents take their children OUT of the public schools, then the government will have to listen to the demands of the people; they will have to honor school choice then. Or find new jobs.....}
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by Fred Jackson
...The largest teacher's union in the United States, the National Education Association (NEA), is handing over millions of dollars in membership dues to some of the country's most liberal organizations.
The Wall Street Journal reports today (January 3) that the NEA gave $65 million to groups such as Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), and Amnesty International.
The disclosure comes in the wake of new federal rules pushed through by Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. As the Wall Street Journal article notes, the big unions fought hard against the new accountability standards; these efforts, the editorialist contends, "expose the [NEA] as a honey pot for left-wing political causes that have nothing to do with teachers, much less students." {About time there were standards to show where money is spent.}
Other groups that have received NEA dues money include Protect Our Public Schools, an anti-charter school group. The Journal says the NEA gave that group $500,000 to help in its efforts to block school choice. {If Christian parents take their children OUT of the public schools, then the government will have to listen to the demands of the people; they will have to honor school choice then. Or find new jobs.....}
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