The next issue will be posted after 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 7. NEA Delegates Reject Merger Plan, But Door to Unity With AFT Still Open Delegates to the National Education Association's annual meeting soundly rejected a plan July 5 that would have paved the way for the union's merger with the American Federation of Teachers. But AFT delegates endorsed the merger plan July 18.
Unity is far from a dead issue for the nation's two major teacher organizations.
Read reactions to the votes and look ahead to what's next in unifying the two groups. Wherever debate roils over statistics from school choice programs, Paul E. Peterson is usually at the heart of it. His findings have endeared him to voucher advocates hungry for the credibility that his name and university affiliation bring. But some critics suggest that Mr. Peterson lets his enthusiasm for vouchers creep into his work. Black Parents Want Focus on Academics African-American parents, by an overwhelming margin, want the public schools to focus on achievement rather than on racial diversity and integration, a survey released last week says.