"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

Teachers’ Unions:  Roadblock to Reform

By Carole Hornsby Haynes  |  February 24, 2010  Texas Insider

The American Citizens Handbook of the National Education Association published in mid-twentieth century reflects a decidedly different NEA from that of today.  The Handbook included selections for children to memorize—Bible verses, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord’s Prayer.  How different is the policy resolution adopted at the 2009 NEA convention -- ‘Freedom of Religion' -- that “...opposes any federal legislation or mandate that would require school districts to schedule a moment of silence.” 

Crisis in American Public Education 

By Dr. Carole Hornsby Haynes  | February 19, 2010  Texas Insider                   

American schools are in serious trouble. Liberals, intellectual elitists, and teachers’ unions strongly resist any change from this dinosaur system to a free market driven system. In spite of billions of taxpayer dollars being spent each year on education, our public schools are graduating illiterates.