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Teachers union rolls out plans for 2020 forum in Houston
PoliticoThe National Education Association announced today it will hold a presidential forum on education on July 5 in Houston, where union members will be meeting.
Confirmed attendees include former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren , (D-Mass.), with other confirmations expected in the coming days. The forum will be moderated by NEA president Lily Eskelsen García, the group announced.
The forum will focus on issues that affect students, educators and neighborhood schools, giving 2020 primary candidates the opportunity to answer questions from educators about the future of public education, the union announced.
With 3 million members, NEA bills itself as the nation's largest labor union and says its representative assembly, which will be meeting in Houston, is the "world's largest democratic deliberative body...in which nearly 7,000 educators chart the course for the future of the organization."
Confirmed attendees include former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren , (D-Mass.), with other confirmations expected in the coming days. The forum will be moderated by NEA president Lily Eskelsen García, the group announced.
The forum will focus on issues that affect students, educators and neighborhood schools, giving 2020 primary candidates the opportunity to answer questions from educators about the future of public education, the union announced.
With 3 million members, NEA bills itself as the nation's largest labor union and says its representative assembly, which will be meeting in Houston, is the "world's largest democratic deliberative body...in which nearly 7,000 educators chart the course for the future of the organization."
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Teachers union rolls out plans for 2020 forum in Houston (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jun 2019
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(15,647 posts)1. And how is this different from other single issue forums/debates which the DNC has
prohibited candidates from participating in? Perhaps I misunderstood the DNCs position on the Climate Change debate proposal?
Frankly, I think this is a good idea. Public education is a mainstay of overall socio-economic well-being. It's been vastly underfunded for decades as a deliberate GOP strategy to destroy it so those who can afford to pay for education can do so without feeling like they are being hit twice for their education bill. Public education, like all things welfare, is being deliberately destroyed by personal greed.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
brooklynite
(94,679 posts)2. This will not be a "debate"...
Candidates forums, where each candidate appears separately, have always been acceptable to DNC.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden