NEA wants teachers to pay a surcharge to support Common Core/call for Van Roekel's resignation

[HiPointDem]

The info coming from the NEA RA is nuts! They want teachers to pay 3 bucks to support the common core (!!??) and check out what D. Van R [NEA Pres] said about "Quality" vs collective bargaining here. --- MORE member in an email

"There is growing internal discord over the direction of the union – or at least the perceived direction of the union – by those who oppose Common Core, Race to the Top, and a lot of other things going on in public education. They believe NEA is selling out to corporate reform." ... Mike Antonucci at EIA

With the NEA national convention beginning tomorrow (as it does every July 4th) in Atlanta, the national unions' caving in to ed deform is coming front and center in debates -- and in union elections (see recent Newark and Washington).

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2013/07/revolt-brewing-in-nea-as-van-roekel.html


Posted on facebook:


Call the NEA at 202-833-4000. When you get through, press 6 to talk to a person . . Tell Pres. Van Roekel this is not acceptable and to resign.

"That with the defeat of collective bargaining in states like Michigan and Wisconsin, the NEA will focus less on those kind of issues and focus more on issues of teaching quality, particularly the implementation of the Common Core." - D. Van Roekel

http://preaprez.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/quality-control-at-the-nea-ra/

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2013/07/revolt-brewing-in-nea-as-van-roekel.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. The Badass Teachers are all over it.

We have delegates on the floor who spoke against it. They've been updating us all day.

Twitter is on fire with this.

They just voted on Common Core. Still waiting to vote on dues increase.

[HiPointDem]

2. and what did they vote? never mind. i see. they voted that they needed 'help' to implement

common core.

way to slit your own throats, guys.

so much for the badass teachers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. I think they're still waiting to vote

Oops. Sorry. Common Core resolution passed. Dues increase hasn't been voted on yet.

[HiPointDem]

4. yeah, wow. badass.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Here's one of the speeches opposing CCSS

My name is Xxxxx Xxxxxx from CA and this is my first RA! I am speaking as an individual.

I strongly oppose NEAs support of the, Corporate, Privatizer, Education Deformer, Bill Gates-driven CCSS, which were NOT developed by real, certificated CLASSROOM teachers of child development experts.

Nationally reknowned ECE, Dr. Nancy Carlsson Paige's, research told us that out of the 135 people who developed the K-3 standards, there were NO classroom teachers or child development experts among them, resulting in standards that are not developmentally appropriate.

Dr. Stephan Krashen predicts that CCSS will increase testing 20 fold.

I predict that that our already narrow, boring curricula will continue to be so. I predict that we will continue to ignore the needs of the whole child. I predict that we will continue to waste months of instructional time on test prep and testing.

As our class sizes continue to grow, precious dollars will be used to buy technology to serve the Corporate Core. I've read the Finnish national education standards. They do not look at all like the CCSS.

My professional conscience leads me to support real, classroom teacher-driven change, not corporate driven change.

We are burning out and stressing out kids. Kids have become disengaged from learning.

I oppose having my union dues spent to support the CCSS and spread Corporate Core propaganda to our students, families, and colleague.

I urge you to oppose support for the implementation of these expensive, unproven set of standards.

I urge you, instead to support real classroom teacher driven change that will address the individual needs of all of our children.

Haven't we learned anything from NCLB?

[HiPointDem]

6. speeches don't matter unless they galvanize organization, votes & power. the membership

voted for common core, game over.

[duffyduff]

7. "Common Core" is a death knell to public education

What in the hell is wrong with teachers that they are that crazy to vote for the demise of their profession?

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Have you never been to one of these conventions?

The fact that this teacher even got to the microphone to speak is miraculous. It's all orchestrated. One of the most undemocratic processes I've ever seen. I was at the microphone many times last summer in Detroit and stood there for way too long and was never given a turn to speak. Discussion goes on for what seems like forever on many topics but the chair running the convention gets to decide who speaks and for how long. And if you make a mistake, like forget to start with your name and what local you are representing, your microphone is turned off and you're done.

This teacher got to the microphone at a convention with 10,000 delegates. One of the largest convention gatherings in the country.

So you bet this speech matters. And on the first day. That's great.

[HiPointDem]

9. teachers sign on to common core.

[duffyduff]

10. That's the bottom line. Teachers voted to kill their profession.

Public education has ten years left at most in this country if this shit isn't stopped.

Kids will eventually be taught by 15 year olds, just like in third world countries, or they will be shoved in front of a computer all day long with no interaction getting lessons from a "teacher" making pennies a day in China or India.