Teachers Union E-Mail Touting Obama Draws Backlash
The Washington Times › October 02, 2008
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An e-mail distributed by a Virginia teachers union encouraged members to bring politics into the classroom by wearing blue in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and simultaneously suggested that the union's voter registration efforts include those "you teach."
The Virginia Education Association (VEA) e-mail drew strong criticism Wednesday from elected Republican officials and some residents after the state Republican Party obtained a copy. The author of the e-mail conceded Wednesday that the e-mail should have been worded differently.See the full content of this document
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Teachers Union E-Mail Touting Obama Draws Backlash
The VEA is an affiliate of the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union.
"Schools should be perfectly neutral," Virginia resident Julie Aurora...See the full content of this document
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