Title: National Education Association (NEA) - InfluenceWatch
Headings: National Education Association (NEA)
National Education Association (NEA)
Contents
Organizational Overview
Creation
Early Issue Advocacy
Modern Advocacy
Political Activity
2016 General Election
2012 General Election
Other Political Spending
Teacher Strike Fund
Positions
School Vouchers and Charter Schools
Other Issues
Controversies
9/11 Terrorism
ACORN Donations
Overt Democratic Party Activism
Financial Information
Revenues
State Affiliate Grants
Affiliates
NEA Foundation
NEA Advocacy Fund
People
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Director
References
Directors, Employees & Supporters
Associated Organizations
Vendors
Nonprofit Information
Available Filings
Additional Filings (PDFs)

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NEA also claims that vouchers “divert essential resources from public schools to private and religious schools, while offering no real ‘choice’ for the overwhelming majority of students.” [32]
NEA has also taken a stand critical of charter schools, saying they have “weak regulation and lax oversight” which should be of “major concern to students, parents, taxpayer, and communities.” [33]
Other Issues
NEA has taken positions on issues both directly and indirectly related to education. It has supported public child nutrition programs,
[34]
offered qualified support for the Common Core State Standards,
[35]
and opposes voucher legislation. [36]
However, NEA has also taken stances on issue with little to no relation to education. For example, NEA supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants,
[37]
supports Obamacare,
[38]
opposed the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court,
[39]
and supports barring people on the secret federal “no fly” list from being able to purchase guns with legislation that lacked proper due process protections. [40]
Controversies
9/11 Terrorism
After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, NEA issued guidelines on how teachers should discuss the attacks, urging teachers to show students how America had mistreated other people and nations, stressing the need for children to be tolerant of other cultures, and stating that teachers should not “suggest that any group [was] responsible” for 9/11. Instead, they urged teachers to have students “discuss historical instances of American intolerance.” [41]
Public outcry over the guidelines ensued, with Jan La Rue of Concerned Women of America saying, “It’s got their political sp