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NEA & AFT: Live From the Conventions

Vaishali Honawar has been in the news business for nearly 20 years. She covered the teacher beat for Education Week. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: unions.

Education Teachers to Descend on Washington, Chicago
It’s that time of year again: the NEA Representative Assembly begins July 3 in Washington, followed by the AFT’s biennial meeting in Chicago July 11. This is where teachers from the national unions’ state and local affiliates get together to do serious union work at what looks like a giant party.
Vaishali Honawar, June 27, 2008
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