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Ryan NicolJuly 19, 2018

State Rep. David Richardson is earning the support of a nationwide teachers union as he competes with four other Democrats for the nomination in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. The National Education Association (NEA) has chosen to back Richardson over his primary opponents. Instrumental in recommending him for the NEA endorsement were the United Teachers of Dade (UTD) and Florida […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2017

The alphabet of American culture – the NEA, NEH and NPR – won’t lose public funding. No, the president and Congress didn’t have a Eureka moment and realize art and cultural and the capacity for creative expression differentiate us from the primordial slime from which we came. And, it’s not because lawmakers got all warm […]

Phil AmmannJuly 7, 2015

Florida’s teachers union expressed frustration with another legal loss in the attempt to overturn a 2011 law setting guidelines for teacher evaluations. In a prepared statement, Florida Education Association (FEA) President Andy Ford addressed Tuesday’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta. The court upheld the dismissal of a […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Although intelligence officials dismiss it as ground already covered, the former chairman of the 9/11 Commission Report backs former Senator Bob Graham’s call to declassify 28 pages from an earlier report on the terrorist attacks. “The public and the press can’t make good judgements until they have everything, “says former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean. […]

Tag: NEA

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Former 9/11 Commissioner sides with Bob Graham on declassifying congressional report