A volley of policy proposals has been put up for debate at the annual conference of the nation’s largest teacher’s union, including one that called for the organization to support making masks and COVID-19 vaccines mandatory in public schools.
About 6,000 delegates of the National Education Association (NEA), who collectively represent more than 3 million employees in public education, convened in Chicago from July 3–6. It’s the first time they’ve assembled in person to debate on issues and set policy agenda since the start of the pandemic.
Prior to 2022, anyone could use the NEA website to track the status of proposed agenda items, which are now only accessible by registered attendees of the assembly. A complete list of those proposals has been obtained and publicized online by Terry Stoops, a K-12 education expert at the John Locke Foundation….