Power Grab: How the National Education Association Is Betraying Our Children

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Regnery Publishing, Sep 1, 1999 - Education - 337 pages
Exposes the National Education Association (NEA) for what it really is and provides a hands-on guide for teachers, parents, and communities to increase their voices in bringing education back to the children

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Contents

From Small Beginnings
3
NEA Present and Future
19
Taking Control of Teachers
35
Teachers Taking Role
37
NEAs Control of Teachers The Carrot and the Stick
49
NEA Gaining Control of PolicySetting and Management Authority at the Local Level
91
Controlling Local Control
93
The Unholy Alliance Faust Comes to Public Education
121
Federal Follies NEAs Dance of Politics and Power
187
Old Beginnings A Return to Local Control
207
Foundations for Change
209
Coloring Outside the Lines
231
Final Test How to Regain Control
247
Appendix A
281
Appendix B
287
Notes
297

NEA Gaining Control of Legislative and Regulatory Authority at the National Level
157
The Partnership NEA and the Federal Government
159
Index
331
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TitlePower Grab: How the National Education Association Is Betraying Our Children
AuthorG. Gregory Moo
Editionillustrated
PublisherRegnery Publishing, 1999
ISBN0895263157, 9780895263155
Length337 pages
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