[Hegewisch Dupa]

When my best lib buddy puffed out his chest in regard the Sec's remark I did have to admit it was unfair and unjust. At least terrorists admit to the harm they cause.

[TMSuchman]

My daughter has a terrible teacher & I refer to him as a terrorist! I is sssssoooo liberal he makes klinton look consertive. So far there is nothing we can do to remove this idot from his job! He has tenur[sp], thus he can not be removed! thanks nea for this MORON!

[magslinger]

"[Calling the NEA a 'terrorist organization' is] the most vile and disgusting form of hate speech, comparing those who teach America's children to terrorists." — Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe.

I think Terry has a point. But then I don't really care if terrorists are offended

[EdReform]

Bump

The National Education Association: America’s Fifth Column

The National Education Association: Emphasis on the Ass

[valkyrieanne]

Excuse me - these "moms and dads are trapped" because, for one thing, there *is* no "dad." Mom has 4-5 children out of wedlock, probably uses drugs, and the children start school academically and intellectually *behind.*

The real "terrorism" here is the terrorism of immorality and family disintegration in the inner cities. *Good* public schools are getting ruined by No Child Left Behind, because even the Republicans are too politically correct to identify *destructive family behaviors* at the root of most poor children's inability to do well in school.

If people are "trapped" in inner-city ghetto schools, don't blame the teachers.

[netmilsmom]

Homeschool!

My daughter's ex vice-principal was Mr. Talbot - all the parents called him "Mr. Taliban". I thank God everyday that he gave me the means to educate my daughters myself.

[LandofLincoln]

The teacher's union has done more to destroy the education process than the ALL other entities combined. I am a parent, and that is my vote.

[sandydipper]

Maybe not terrorist but real close. The NEA makes terminating an idiot teacher impossible and many of the NEA bureaucrats are being investigated for theft of general funds. I think teacher's unions should be banned.

[savedbygrace]

The NEA supports homosexual rights, and advances the homosexual agenda in the classroom through its member teachers.

Homosexual behavior kills people earlier in life than non-homosexual behavior. Therefore, it can be argued that the NEA does support killing our children. Killing them earlier than they would otherwise die if they had not been exposed to, and encouraged to be a part of, the homosexual community.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I'm a little terrified about Bush's foray into Federal education mandates...and I'm a parent. The problem is that the teachers are terrified, so it rolls down to the kids. My daughter cries every morning about going to school. In her math classes for instance, she hopscotches between geometry and fractions, but hasn't mastered multiplication and division yet. She's 9, btw. This in turn frustrates me, and I'm worried that she's going to get a bad attitude about school.

I've never been fond of the NEA, or public education, but it's getting worse.

[r9etb]

I've got some education terrorists for you -- those dumbasses who think they can improve education by forcing teachers to do hours of paperwork, and who think it's a swell idea to soak up literally weeks of instruction time on state-mandated tests.

Among other things, this crap chases out good folks who have better things to do than waste their efforts on non-teaching related bureaucracy -- thereby making the problem worse.

And the real irony here is that it's the "reformers," those who claim to be opposed to the NEA, who are the most guilty.

[Eva]

The quality of public school education is inversely proportionate to the growth of the NEA.

There was a good article on the NEA is the WSJ this morning. It's not on Opinion Journal, though. Too bad.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - EDUCATION - TEACHERS

[CJ Wolf]

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards." - Mark Twain