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 f 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 decade after seizing control of the Jersey City schools because of abysmal test scores and financial and political turmoil, New Jersey state officials unveiled a plan last week for returning the district to local control. While it's difficult to trace the roots of conferences led by or involving students, there are signs that the practice is spreading across the country. Partisan Politics Lend New Twist to State Debates Lawmakers from both major parties agree that the progress of students, teachers, and schools needs to be measured. Deciding how to use those measurements, however, has proved contentious.