When a bunch of teachers gather for a yearly convention, you might think that education matters would be front and center. But when the National Education Association convenes for its yearly wingding, politics is the centerpiece. And this year’s event, which wrapped up last week, certainly maintained that hallowed tradition.
NEA chief Lily Eskelsen García’s opening comments laid the groundwork. After some obligatory kvetching about large classes and low teacher pay, she launched into a diatribe against the Koch brothers whose agenda she claims is “profoundly un-democratic; and un-American.” (She never explains why, but I can only assume it’s because the Kochs believe in educational choice.)
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