NEA Teachers Union prioritizes anti-Trump behaviour over education fundamentals
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Teacher union members reportedly fought against President Donald Trump It was more important than teaching reading and writing at this year’s annual National Education Association Conference.
According to the Free Pressthe Texas convention representative summed the National Education Association’s “new business items” as more politically motivated.
“(o) The Texas convention representative summed them up by telling me the response she got while trying to talk to other members about the best ways to teach them to read and write,” the Free Press reported.
“We don’t have time for that. We have to fight Trump,” her friend said.
According to Free Press, the Texas convention representative summed the National Teachers Association’s “new business items” as more politically motivated. (Getty Images)
When the Free Press asked the NEA for comment, the union was directed at “a number of previous statements, including a convention speech by Becky Pringle, a former middle school teacher who is the president of NEA.”
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The National Education Association held its annual Representative parliamentary meetings From July 3rd to July 6th.
Business items approved by the National Education Association include “democracy against Trump’s fascism by using the term fascism in the NEA material to correctly characterize Donald Trump’s programs and actions” and opposition to immigration and customs enforcement and deportation. (YouTube/Screenshot)
Teachers’ Union reveals true colours behind closed doors at their annual conference
Business items approved by the teachers’ union include defending “democracy against democracy against fascism by using the term (sic) in the NEA material,” correctly characterizing Donald Trump’s programs and actions, and opposing the right to organize “student leaders’ support against ice raids and deportation.”
Another item was to support the nationwide “no-kings” protest in the participation of “a massive democratic movement against Trump’s authoritarianism and human rights abuses.”
In January, the National Education Association released guidelines to help schools prepare immigration authorities after Trump The law has been revoked This prohibits immigration and customs enforcement agencies from entering sensitive areas such as schools and hospitals.
Representatives at the Teachers’ Union Conference reportedly said the fight against President Donald Trump was more important than reading and writing. Photographer: Tannen Morley/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Tannen Maury/EPA/Bloomberg Getty Images)
Pringle has always been speaking out for her criticism of the Trump administration, previously denying Trump’s immigration crackdown and supporting former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
The Free Press report also claimed that union members who asked about standing up for Jewish teachers received unfriendly reactions at the meeting.
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A Texan from Texas attended this year’s conference said the focus on the Free Press was “politics, gender, gender.”
“When the representatives take the stage, they tell you they’re political,” the representative told the Free Press. “These things didn’t just happen overnight. People just aren’t paying attention.”