The Weekly Sam: The NEA Trojan Horse in American Education

The following is from a description of Sam’s book on Amazon:

When Sam Blumenfeld was finishing his 1984 book on the NEA his manuscript was refused by all publishers. Reason: They all believed he and they would be dragged into court frivolously by the NEA Union to prevent him form getting his extensive research in the book out into the public. In other words, publishers were being intimidated by the powerful Teacher’s Union. Finally, he found a brave small group who formed a new publishing company and risked everything to get his blockbuster revelations into print. Fortunately, the NEA was more busy at that time dealing with newly elected Ronald Reagan and his administration to bother squashing Sam’s publisher. The rest is history: the book sold tens of thousands of copies and was in print for many years. It was, and still is, the seminal book on the professional group which ultimately dropped all pretenses of being devoted only to the kids and their education. As recently as 2009 the NEA’s top attorney, Bob Channin [July 9, 2009, NEA Representative Assembly, San Diego] in a speech to his members, stated in effect that the interests of the members came ahead of the interest of the kids.

“Although this book was first published in 1984, everything in it is as relevant today as when it was first published. If anything, the NEA has simply moved even further to the left than it was back them. It has simply adopted all of the politically correct trends of the far left. The history behind all of this has not changed. Thus, the NEA’s influence in American education as a force of the left is still a fact that parents of children in the public schools must deal with.” — Samuel L. Blumenfeld – Preface to 2011 Edition

Here is a link to a free PDF version of the book:

http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/Books/NEA-Trojan%20Horse%20In%20American%20Education.pdf