National "indoctrination" association: year after year, one of our nation's most powerful labor unions continues to slip its leftist agenda past an ever-gullible public--and impressionable young students.(Education)

From: The New American | Date: August 23, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Over the weekend of July 4, the National Education Association (NEA) held its annual convention, called the Representative Assembly (RA). It received--not surprisingly--little news coverage. Given the ultra-radical agenda of the NEA, the media near-blackout was to the organization's benefit.

When people read the name "National Education Association," they don't immediately think union--they think professional organization. But the NEA is arguably one of the most powerful labor unions in the United States. Certainly, teaching is the most unionized profession, with a staggering ...

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