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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The NEA’s strange fight against institutional racism. | Fred Klonsky

The NEA’s strange fight against institutional racism. | Fred Klonsky:

The NEA’s strange fight against institutional racism.

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When the NEA talks of teaching excellence, do they mean white?

Pictured above are the winners of the NEA Foundation awards for teaching excellence.

I’m sure they are all good teachers. But it looks like the nominees for this year’s Oscars.

At last year’s NEA Representative Assembly in Orlando, we passed a New Business Item calling for a union-wide fight against institutional racism. Perhaps the Foundation didn’t get the word.

Or perhaps everyone has been too busy working for Hillary.

For second time this year I have received an update on what the NEA has been doing to implement NBI 11. That is the one I submitted and was passed The NEA’s strange fight against institutional racism. | Fred Klonsky: