National Education Association Pros And Cons

One of the largest organizations within the United States that has a large influence on specific legislation that affects the educational system and the workers within would be the National Education Association. The NEA has been around in the United States since 1857, where the organization was known as the National Teachers Association, to help teachers within the United States have better pay and treatment within public schools, and to change the education system within the United States to favor the educator and the educated. To understand what the National Education Association is, a brief description of certain aspects that explain how the NEA has become the organization is needed. Since the creation of this organization, the National …show more content…
The “clear intent” of the National Education Association has changed since the 19th century over what is considered reasonable payment and union benefits for an educator, as well what the NEA should influence Congress to pass on the federal level to advocate that education is a top priority of this country. Then finally, the NEA, like other organizations that try to lobby Congress on key issues, has had their own successes and failures in dealing with the influence the organization has towards Congress, and the laws Congress has either passed or opposed since the 19th century. This paper is about the growth of the National Education Association within America, the goals this certain organization has presented, the “clear intent” of the NEA within the United States as to what the organization wants for the future of education, and the successes and failures the NEA has faced in order to succeed in changing the educational system to favor the educators and …show more content…
From that one statement the organization grew, having millions of members, most of which are educators and staff members in Washington D.C., merged with other organizations such as the American Teachers Association and the American Federation of Teachers, and the organization’s push in ending racial/gender segregation within education that affected both students and educators within the 19th century. Staying with the context of how the National Education Association was born into American society is the importance towards the organization’s roots along with how the NEA became an important part in this country. The National Education Association started off as a different organization in 1857 under their founder, Thomas W. Valentine, who had similar goals for the education of this country as the NEA does today, and the equality of education and to increase the benefits for educators in the United States. The beginning of the NEA is described on the website Infoplease, where “the NEA was founded as the National Teachers Association, changed its name in 1857, and was charted by Congress in 1906. Today the NEA has 13