National Education Association Members Vote to Break With the Anti-Defamation League
“From promoting critical race theory to trying to destroy parents’ rights, NEA is a danger to our education system and our nation.”
Professor Jacobson is quoted in this story and suggests this decision reflects poorly on the NEA.
From the Washington Times:
NEA delegates vote to cut ties with Anti-Defamation League
The National Education Association has voted to break with the Anti-Defamation League, seeking to end a decades-long partnership on fighting antisemitism while offering more evidence that defenders of Israel may no longer have a home on the progressive left.
Delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly approved Sunday a proposal to prohibit the nation’s largest teachers’ union from using, endorsing or publicizing educational materials from the ADL, as well as its data, programs and professional offerings.
“Educators embrace the urgency to respond to the questions of racism, injustice, and all forms of bigotry,” said the resolution called New Business Item 39. “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice partner it claims to be.”
In its Campus Crisis Alert, the ADL called the measure “profoundly disturbing” and “an attack on educational resources on antisemitism, the Holocaust and anti-bias learning.”
The stunning move to shun the prominent civil-rights group was driven by Educators for Palestine, an NEA caucus that gained formal recognition last year. The group cheered the outcome as a vote to “support Palestine.”
The caucus is aligned with the broader “Drop the ADL” coalition, a collective of more than 200 progressive and Muslim groups that has called for exiling the league from the broader left-liberal community over its support for Israel.
The ADL may be pro-Israel, but it’s hardly conservative…
“The NEA cutting all ties with the ADL reflects how extremist the NEA has become,” said Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson, who publishes the Legal Insurrection blog.
“I’ve been a harsh critic of the ADL having moved too far to the left, but apparently the ADL hasn’t moved far enough to the left for the NEA,” the veteran conservative blogger wrote…
Mr. Jacobson characterized the vote as another reason to be wary of the NEA.
“From promoting critical race theory to trying to destroy parents’ rights, NEA is a danger to our education system and our nation,” he said in a Tuesday email. “The NEA’s move against the ADL is just more proof. If the Trump administration wants to effectuate long-term educational change, a good first step would be to get teachers unions out of the business of pushing their political agendas in schools.”
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Comments
I agree that the NEA and associated state affiliates have far too much power in setting the political agendas for primary and secondary school curriculum. Harnessing the power of parents through a voucher system will go a long way to counter acting the power of teacher’s union. Public schools get funding based on enrollment so as parents are able to move their children out of public schools, the public schools will need to either take deep cost cutting measures or make course corrections to entice parents to come back. But people say that vouchers support religious studies contravening the separation of church and state. However if we frame the issue correctly as the state’s interest in children’s education as measured by state required educational attainments, then it is immaterial if the child, in addition to attaining state mandated educational requirements, also learns morality through religious studies
Any progress on the NEA breaking ties with the SPLC? No?
this is more major of story than where this article is positioned
the lefts total capitulation to omar has now crossed the hurdle
now lets see how the jewish community reacts to this shiv
ADL to hire Iranian leaders to show support for the NEA
The ADL tacked far to the left with the hiring of the extremely progressive Greenblatt, a former Obama henchman. They were warned years ago that no amount of progressive pandering would ever lead to acceptance of the organization among the progressives and this was well before the red-green alliance became a reality and such groups became virulently antisemitic. They have now left themselves with very little support having alienated everyone to the right of Karl Marx and having no support from the Marxists either, Good job Jon. Your master Barry is so proud of you,
I’ve never understood Jewish connections to the far left. And I certainly can’t understand it in the current political landscape. But for some reason they’re committed to virtue signaling themselves into oblivion. They’ll complain about the NEA’s decision and then turn around and vote for the people who support the NEA. It’s unbelievable to me how the disease of virtue signaling leads millions to vote against their own interests.
Heshie, please…! Don’t make trouble! Just get into the truck…!