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. J uly 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. A Tragedy Unfolds School officials, police, and local leaders in Jefferson County, Colo., worked round the clock last week trying to pick up the emotional pieces of a community torn apart by two students with firearms and an arsenal of explosives. Josh Ortwein was at a choir rehearsal last week when a student burst into the room and warned that gunmen had entered the school. Safety Is Hard To Ensure, Administrators Say . Psychologists and school safety experts warned that violent outbursts are difficult to predict and prevent.