report of the nea president

Report of the NEA President

NEA Fund For Children & Public Education

October 1, 2015

Member & Student Advocacy

• Pay

• Health Insurance

• Pensions

• Sick Leave

• Assignments

• Tenure

• Evaluations

• Fair Dismissal

• Class Size

• Testing

• Nutrition Programs

• Positive Discipline

• The Arts

• Collaboration

• Empowered Educators

• Student Health & Safety

• Access to Higher Ed

Social Justice

• Global Child Labor

• Disability Rights

• Dreamers

• Equal Opportunity to Learn

• Head Start

• Affirmative Action

• Living Wage

• Voter Suppression

• Retirement Security

• Marriage Equality

• Equal Pay for Women

“The Florida teachers union and school boards association are trying to kill scholarships for 70,000 low income children.”

Marco RubioRegarding FEA’s fight against vouchers

(Rubio Facebook Aug 29, 2014)

“It’s a sad thing to see politicians more interested in pleasing the union bosses who are writing checks to him than taking care of the kids who desperately want hope and a ray of opportunity for the future.”

Ted Cruz

Regarding Mayor DeBlasioclosing failing charter schools

Observer News, Jan 13, 2015

“The teachers union likes to be off work four or five months a year. They like to get a full-time salary for a part-time job.”

Chris Christie

(ThinkProgress July 1, 2015)

The unions’ emphasis on seniority system “rewards you for just sitting in the chair, and anyone who tries to do a good job gets discouraged.”

Carly Fiorina

(Columbus Dispatch Sept 24, 2015)

“We hear all this agonizing about the criteria for merit pay, about the difficulty of deciding who deserves more. The truth is that principals know who their best teachers are.”

Mike Huckabee

(On the Issues, 2015)

“If I were, not president, but if I were king of America, I would abolish all teachers’ lounges, where they sit together and worry about ‘woe is us.’“

John Kasich

(Columbus Dispatch, Sept 24, 2015)

“Time isn’t on this teacher union’s side no matter how much influence it tries to buy.”

Rand Paul

(Rand Paul Facebook Oct 30, 2014)

“Teachers' unions, in the name of protecting their members, are often the biggest obstacles to reforming our schools for the benefit of both teachers and students. Part of the problem is collective bargaining.”

Rick Santorum

(On the Issues, 2015)

"Were it not for the teachers union Herculean efforts, every low income family would probably have the opportunity to enroll their child in a better performing school.”

Bobby Jindal

(U.S. News Dec 12, 2012)

“You've got no better friend than Lindsey Graham for homeschooling as an option.”

Lindsay Graham

(Fordham Institute June 3, 2015)

“Many of these schools should be bulldozed. I am fully aware of the value of a good education. We are failing these kids by protecting the education unions.”

Ben Carson

Dr. Ben Carson Facebook Aug 14, 2015)

“When teachers’ unions say even the most minuscule program allowing school choice is a mortal threat, they’re saying: If we aren’t allowed to keep 90% of the market, we can’t survive.”

Donald Trump

ThinkProgress 8/17/2015

“In Florida, I fought against the teachers union to make my state a pioneer in the school choice movement.”

Jeb Bush

Townhall.com 8/19/15

Koch Plan

1. Hold the House and Senate.

2. Take the Oval Office

3. Kill the Unions

First Bills out of Koch Congress & White House

• National Right to Work

• Kill Public Sector Collective Bargaining

• Make payroll dues deduction illegal

• Prohibit release time for union leaders

Strongest Democratic Nominee is our armor.

• Hillary Clinton, Democrat

• Bernie Sanders, Independent

• Martin O’Malley, Democrat

"Instead of giving tax breaks to billionaires, maybe we invest in our children, maybe we invest in education.”

Bernie Sanders

Washington Examiner, 7/7/15

"This is what we do as Americans, to do more in every generation, to give our children a future with more opportunity, rather than less.”

Martin O’Malley

Washington Examiner, 7/7/15

“Our public school system worked so well for America for so long. We’ve got to make sure it works as well for our future…I, for one, would much rather pay for pre-kindergarten than for more prison beds.”

Hillary Clinton

TakeBackAmericaConf 1/20/07

NEA Members

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CLINTON SANDERS BIDEN

National Survey of 2,000 NEA members. Aug 6-12, 2015.Landline and cell phones. Margin of error +/- 2.2%

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Clinton

Sanders

Biden

NEA MembersNational Survey of 2,000 NEA members. Aug 6-12, 2015.

Landline and cell phones. Margin of error +/- 2.2%.

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Clinton

Sanders

Biden

The Clinton Advantage in Polls

RealClearPoliticsPolling Average:

Clinton 41%, Sanders 27%,

Biden 20%

Democratic Base Voters57

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Minority Dem voters (9/10 ABC) Female Dem voters (9/21Quinnipiac)

Clinton

Sanders

Biden

Organizing Advantage

Clinton Sanders Biden

Raised through Q3 $75m $40m $0

Paid staff in early states 140 102 0

Governors Supporting 12 0 0

Senators Supporting 36 0 0

Members of Congress Supporting 160 0 0

Super Delegates Committed 440 0? 0?

Super PAC Formed and Ready Yes No No

2016 Governor

Democratic incumbent eligible for re-electionTerm-limited or retiring DemocratRepublican incumbent eligible for re-electionNo election

2016 Senate Battleground

Alaska Hawaii

Why recommend in Primary?

• Maximize our access and influence for our students and schools.

• Strengthen the Candidate.

Koch Strategy in Democratic Primary:Delay Delay Delay Delay Delay Delay Delay

Delay until it’s too late to impact.Weaken the most viable candidate.

- Champion on Title I and Perkins Funding- Leader on expanding State Children’s Health

Insurance Program (SCHIP) funding- Co-Sponsor of Dream Act, Employee Free Choice

Act, Raise Minimum Wage, Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

- Strong supporter of affirmative action and LGBT rights

- Repeal the Obamacare “Cadillac Tax” health plans.

She fights for children and middles class

families:

- Increase time to learn - Reduce testing mandates.- Equity of Opportunity - Greater charter

transparency/accountability and close underperforming charters.

- Real Partnership - Choose an Education Secretary who will work with us.

- Fighting for the Future - College affordability including student loan benefits for educators and public service occupations.

Her Plan for Great Public Schools for

ALL Students

Recommendation

NEA PAC recommends Hillary ClintonFor the Democratic Primary

For President of the United States