Friday, February 16, 2007
The NEA demonstrates its uselessness yet again
Jill Bader, who is a staffer for Senator Lamar Alexander, sent John Hawkins a letter that Sen. Alexander recently received from the National Education Association. As Hawkins stated on his blog, it's too ironic not to post:
"DEAR SENATOR ALEXANDER: ... We urge you to vote NO on ... An amendment to be offered by Senator Alexander (R-TN) that would provide $99 million for the Teacher Incentive Fund"
Thus, the NEA asked Sen. Alexander to vote against his own amendment. Given that the NEA is de facto in charge of education in this country (what with the hundreds and hundreds of school board members, state legislators, U.S. Reps and U.S. Senators in the NEA's hip pocket), it's pretty scary to consider that (a) they're dumb enough to think that an elected representative is going to vote against his own piece of legislation, and (b) they oppose measures paying their own members more for good teaching.
Good Lord ...
"DEAR SENATOR ALEXANDER: ... We urge you to vote NO on ... An amendment to be offered by Senator Alexander (R-TN) that would provide $99 million for the Teacher Incentive Fund"
Thus, the NEA asked Sen. Alexander to vote against his own amendment. Given that the NEA is de facto in charge of education in this country (what with the hundreds and hundreds of school board members, state legislators, U.S. Reps and U.S. Senators in the NEA's hip pocket), it's pretty scary to consider that (a) they're dumb enough to think that an elected representative is going to vote against his own piece of legislation, and (b) they oppose measures paying their own members more for good teaching.
Good Lord ...
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Friday, February 16, 2007 
