This Far-Left Union Has Put Woke Agenda Over Students. Here’s How Congress Can Hold It Accountable.

This Far-Left Union Has Put Woke Agenda Over Students. Here’s How Congress Can Hold It Accountable.

By Senator Marsha Blackburn

In 1857, a hundred educators gathered in Philadelphia with a simple yet noble mission: “to elevate the character and advance the interest of the profession of teaching” in America. To promote their cause, they founded the National Education Association.

One hundred and sixty-eight years later, the nation’s largest teachers’ union has strayed far from its founding purpose, acting more like a far-left activist group than an educational organization.

During the NEA’s annual convention last month, the group vowed to “defend against [President] Trump’s embrace of fascism.” It called the administration’s efforts to right-size the government and eliminate the Departm