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. Discontented, Some Districts Shifting Gears on Anti-Drug Programs Nationwide, there has been growing discontent over DARE, which was started in 1983 by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles school system. Benefits of Driver Ed. Classes for Teens Questioned Driver education may not be the best way to promote safe driving, a new study suggests. Teenagers who enroll in a driver education course are no less likely to get into an accident than their peers who haven't taken a driving course, according to a report published in this month's American Journal of Preventive Medicine .