Rhetoric vs. Reality

Democrats for Education Reform have assembled a collection of quotations that do a nice job of demonstrating how the NEA's rhetoric often conflicts not just with reality, but often with their own rhetoric. They note how a several groups of reform-minded organizations have reviewed the Race to the Top guidelines and offered constructive feedback while the NEA "chose to tear a page out of a (very) old playbook and mount what might most charitably called a temper tantrum." The link above is an introduction and here is a link directly to the document.