Posted on 08/21/2002 10:49:54 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:56:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The National Education Association revels in its claim to be the largest voice for America's teachers corps. Now some teachers are speaking up against NEA curriculum advice. We salute them.
On Monday, this newspaper reported that the NEA is recommending that lesson plans regarding the September 11 terror attacks take a blame-America approach and urge teachers to "discuss historical instances of American intolerance." In other words, as far as the NEA is concerned, teachers shouldn't point their fingers at the obvious bloodletting of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Fingers, the NEA urges, should be pointed at Americans.
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