My posts on the National Education Association’s 2009 Representative Assembly have focused so far on a new business item I introduced calling for a national strike for full funding a corporate expense. I should note, though, that aside from the brief time it took to squash that motion, a few other things happened during the [...]
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The NEA RA: a bleak look back and and hopeful look ahead
Posted July 21st, 2009 by Craig Gordon | 76 Comments“Educational Transformation, YES! (but…)”
Posted July 16th, 2009 by Craig Gordon | 90 CommentsI’m as willing to compromise as the next “wild-eyed” radical. (”Wild-eyed” is what anti-teachers union blogger Mike Antonucci called several motions Oakland delegates brought to this year’s NEA Representative Assembly in San Diego.)
So after the California delegation voted on July 3 to oppose my proposal for a two-day nationwide strike for fully funded public schools I considered [...]