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Although most Americans support the idea of school choice, voucher programs from around the country are being pounded by lawsuits. The National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union and one of the most powerful political forces in America, is opposing school reform with all its might. In several states the NEA has sued county school boards which have tried to implement these reforms. They argue that any public money that goes to parochial schools violates the First Amendment and that charter schools and vouchers will compel the best students to leave crumbling schools, leaving teachers with kids...
...many years, so little to show for the struggle. Conservative godfather Paul Weyrich, who coined the term moral majority, doesn't think there is one anymore. Abortion is still legal; the NEA is still funded; the Great Adulterer is still in office; the Republican establishment still thinks social issues are too thorny to embrace; and too many evangelical leaders have been seduced by their power at the expense of their principles. Weyrich says the time has come for conservative Christians to admit that the culture war is lost and to try a new strategy...
SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS NEA grant for kids' book by rebel leader withdrawn, another grant replaces...
Clinton's plan would also increase funding for two controversial national grant programs, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The President has budgeted $150 million for each...
Given the recent public controversy over the NEH and NEA-and even proposals to abolish the two grant agencies--Nixon calls the appropriation proposals "significant...