Let’s Put
Education BACK into the National Education Association!
This Page
is aimed at those who are elected delegates/officers of either the local,
State, or National bodies where educational deliberation and legislation is supposed
to happen.
I don't
think World Wildlife Foundation debates School Class-Size as an issue related
to biodiversity.
I don't think Planned Parenthood argues the discipline issues of your
classroom, bus or hall in their meetings.
Nor do I think NEA or its affiliates/sub-committees should spend much time
debating the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell,"
This is not to say that these are not worthy topics of discussion, just that
when our educators and support staff are sliding toward impoverishment and
losing the middle class, we cannot afford to be putting those issues before
those that DIRECTLY impact local school educators.
This Group was started to focus Educators' attention through their deliberative
efforts in their Professional Associations on the matters that directly impact
the quality of work in the classroom, school, school bus, and support
facilities of their members.
We believe that investment first in these under-appreciated/under-respected
public and professional service providers will achieve the greatest
"Return on Investment" of resources with respect to providing high
quality, professional grade education for the public.
We believe that there are many worthy causes in which we educators are heavily
involved, but that these are NOT the primary business of our Professional
Associations. We believe that there are many dedicated appropriate
organizations better suited to deliberating over these secondary issues.
It is the goal of this discussion group to provide a vehicle for communication
that would result in ideas and strategies for affecting change in whatever
committees and sub-committees in which we participate - WE must say no to
frivolous or non-essential legislation and debate.
We are
not an official group of the NEA/FEA.
We don't
represent them.
But we
are members of these organizations and we are delegates voted by many thousands
of other members.
And they
expect results from the money being spent.
It is our
job to make this happen.
So, the
question before you is "how can we best focus our combined energies and
resources in delegation/conference and bring them to
bear
on the true educational issues?"
I invite
you to join a discussion group aimed at making this happen at each level of the
process.
Just
click the button above to join!