NEA President Calls
Education Secretary’s Comments
About NEA 'Morally Repugnant'

NEA President Reg Weaver issued the following statement regarding Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige's reference to the NEA as a "terrorist organization" today at a private meeting of governors at the White House.

Weaver said, "It is morally repugnant to equate those who teach America 's children with terrorists.  NEA is 2.7 million teachers and educators who are fighting for children and public education.  Yet this is the kind of rhetoric we have come to expect from this Administration whenever one challenges its worldview."

February 23, 2004

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NEA Public Relations, 202 822-7268

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The National Education Association is the nation’s largest professional employee organization, representing 2.7 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers.