As I wrote in the last entry, the NEA put out a newsletter that intended to draw in new members by dispelling some of the things that are being said about them.

The first deception said they do not support abortion, yet then they turned right around and said that they did (but by using a euphemism instead of saying it in those terms).

The second deception follows a similar pattern.  Let me quote from the newsletter:

Deception #2:  NEA Only supports Democrats for Public Office

Truth:  NEA recommends that its members support pro-education candidates without regard to their political affiliation.

If this is true, why is the NEA so against candidates who support school vouchers?  (Take a look at these cartoons about one such candidate.)  School vouchers have been shown to help lower income families to gain a better education and for people to be able to choose schools that support their values.  Yet the NEA is opposed to any such idea.  The NEA is afraid Christians will choose to send their children to Christian schools instead of to schools that are indoctrinating children in the NEA way of thinking.  Or that people will choose schools that do a better job of educating their children and some of their lesser ability members will have to either improve their teaching skills or they will lose their jobs.

And then you have to look at how the NEA has supported things like block scheduling (because it lets their teachers do less work for the same amount of pay) and other band wagons that have proven not to work.  The NEA's idea of "pro-education" is not at all the same as my idea of it.

Take a minute to think through this.  If the NEA is truly helping to get pro-education legislation enacted, why are the US kids so far behind everyone else in the world when it comes to basics like Math and Science?  In fact, since the NEA has come on the scene, America's education become significantly worse.

Perhaps it's time for the NEA to redefine what "pro-education legislation" is and to support candidates that vote for things that have been proven to work, not jumping on a new band wagon that furthers their own agenda.