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Show 112 'local associations as having to face the same decision eventual ly. One step toward elimination of the executive secretary would be to allow presidents to succeed themselves in office which is customary in the labor union system of If this takes place, the organization. only perceivable difference betweert the unions and the NEA, UEA, and affiliates will be that the unions are Involvement in Noneducation Issues A a . question which is debated periodically but whether the educational of society or that education a today is cause a result? or a Affiliaternovement has begun to speak per se, but have a An Teachers Should the generally agree mirror'of society, but that it should As legislation.95 resolved is simply reflect society. provide direction for society. related to schooling. never system ought to prescribe the characteristics whether it should educational system be control affiliated with the AFL-CIO. result of this belief, the NEA- a out on more issues not directly example is-the NEA push for strict gun Gun control has little to do with education again, since educators believe that the schools ought to major role in determining the kind of society in which they live, it is not surprising that the NEA would make its voice heard. The UEA has not demonstrated that it ;s involved in- noneducation items as as is the NEA, interested in getting In fact, the UEA argued strongly against the NEA proposal for gun control meeting of the NEA Representative 95nUtahns 1, 4. 96Ibid. Play rajor Role Assemb1y,96 at NEA-RA, II at the 1976 The UEA appears UEA Action 8 (July 1976): |