[Eska]

Twentyfive percent of NEA members in my state are registered republicans. Politics from both sides is killing education. How do you remove the politics? HOw do you bring back discipline? Go back 30 years, the schools functioned well in America. Is it the teachers; or is how we are raising our children and our society?

NCLB was designed to further extend the fed's control in education. I thought the repubs were about local control and smaller government in America.

NCLB will be swept out the door next election and we will be back to square one.

[concerned about politics]

Twentyfive percent of NEA members in my state are registered republicans. Politics from both sides is killing education. How do you remove the politics? HOw do you bring back discipline?

Eliminate the union. It supports the left and brings in left wing policies in return. The teachers obey, and the kids become the tools to make it happen.

When the teachers union wants a pay raise, they threaten to cut back on students fun stuff like gym, art, and recess if the parents do not obey and hand over the cash.

[Nextrush]

I'm not disagreeing with you, but what should scare you more.

Is federal control worse, or is the power of the National Education Association and its agenda worse?

I compared NEA to Al Capone and the KKK earlier and the feds went after them when local power didn't work.

I think that's the problem here, the liberal (NEA) agenda in education.

I believe in local control, but even the local elected school boards around here (PA) are filled with NEA and or liberal people. They (the school boards) aren't going to fix things and every time we elect a conservative school board in one district, they (Education Association) pour money in to take them out in the next election.

Its like some corrupt political machine the way liberals seize and maintain control of our local school boards in PA.

Send in the feds and get the gangsters out of education.