What do you think the NEA and local teachers unions do to improve education in the United states?
I am a strong believer that the unions take the educational process several steps backwards. I actually ran as a candidate last year in our local school board elections. I lost, and it was because I ‘bucked’ the union. So few people show up to vote, and the union usually accounts for more than half of the voter turnout. It becomes such a corrupt system because the union always stacks the school boards. From there, they can just approve everything the union wants. The unions get very greedy and very demanding. Often times, it is not even the teachers that get the benefit. Quite often the teachers are used as “front line” soliders and taken advantage of by union higher-ups. Such is the case in the union-controlled health care plans. Many state unions have health care companies that are owned by the union itself. They provide teachers the same coverage as a private plan like Blue Cross, Aetna, etc. They cost taxpayers millions more. However, the union higher ups convince the teachers to a
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