[Bonneville]

The NEA through the local teachers union has a tremendous influence in school board elections...who gets the teachers' support (and that frequently means undue influence on the school kids, especially high school) and who gets $$$.
Also, with a hammerlock on the 'Rats education positions, the NEA has alot of influence on laws and policies at the state level.

[Clara Lou]

The NEA through the local teachers union has a tremendous influence in school board elections...who gets the teachers' support (and that frequently means undue influence on the school kids, especially high school) and who gets $$$. Also, with a hammerlock on the 'Rats education positions, the NEA has alot of influence on laws and policies at the state level.
I see that you are from New York. Please be aware that NEA's big influence in the northeast doesn't necessarily extend to all of the states in the union. I'm in Texas. The NEA is not the powerful influence here that it is in NY. I can assure you that here in Texas, for example, teachers do not vote according to the NEA's wishes. The NEA had nothing to do with the selection of our school board or selection of our superintendent. Rank ignorance is the culprit therre.