I’ve discussed the hardline leftward tilt of teachers’ unions numbers of times in this blog.
This latest example is particularly sickening to me.
From Nicholas Ballasy’s article for justthenews.com, via msn.com:
Teachers union faces backlash after sending out email with map omitting Israel
The National Education Association (NEA), which represents millions of U.S. educators, sent an email to its approximately 3 million members with a map omitting Israel and labeling the territory as “Palestine.”
The email was described as a resource packet for teaching about indigenous peoples, but critics argue it was promoting not recognizing Israel.
The North American Values Institute (NAVI) called the inclusion of the map in the NEA email “an inexcusable lapse,” arguing the union must be held accountable for disseminating content that rationalizes anti-Israel sentiment.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) also condemned the action, saying it crosses from careless oversight to “a shocking act that denies both history and present reality.”
Isn’t the purpose of a teachers’ union to insure that its members are paid well and treated fairly? In what universe is it supposed to be involved in political advocacy – which, for many years now, has been hard left political advocacy?
And if this is what a major teachers’ union is telling its members they should teach about the Middle East, what is it telling them to teach about other subjects as well.
It is long past time that we take a hard, honest look at what teachers’ unions have become….including why our public education system, once the gold standard of the world, has become a pathetic joke; why most children – and, disproportionately, minority children – are now getting diplomas without having even basic proficiency in english and math.
This is a huge scandal. It is about time we treated it like one and DID something about it.
