Constitutional Class Sizes
The Miami Herald reports that Florida’s statewide teachers union has filed a lawsuit to stop the state from counting votes on a constitutional amendment that would alter class sizes in the state. A lawyer for Florida’s statewide teachers union asked a judge Wednesday to block the counting of votes cast on the Legislature’s proposed state [more...]

Posted Thu, 09 Sep 2010 .

It’s Hard to Get Specific When Everything Specific Is Shot Down
There was a minor dustup over at the Huffington Post when Davis Guggenheim (the director of the pro-education reform documentary Waiting for “Superman”) was criticized by Dan Brown (not the author of The Da Vinci Code, but a schoolteacher) for offering gauzy platitudes instead of actual suggestions for reform. Wrote Brown: Guggenheim presents his teacher [more...]

Posted Wed, 08 Sep 2010 .

National Education Association: Financial Disbursements

2006 Financial Disbursements
National Education Association (NEA) NEA MEMBER BENEFITS CORPORATION

Purpose	Itemized
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 2,602,621
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 2,565,003
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 2,199,332
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 1,729,450
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 1,575,062
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 1,535,456
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 1,422,212
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 976,143
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 973,093
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 909,934
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 812,766
MIT/MBC reimbursement*NEAMB OPERATING EXPENSES	$ 718,774

Total $ 18,019,846

Source: Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards LM filings
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