[South40]

“When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.”
~Albert Shanker, President of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1984 as well as President of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997

[RobbyS]

Wells, yes, But ironically Al did give a damn about students, and cared much less about the fortunes of democratic politicians. Today’s union leaders are more interested lobbying politicians for greater expenditures on the public schools, and paying themselves very large salaries, commensurate, of course, with the very large salaries of their true peers, school administrators.

[Jack Hydrazine]

‘The stated mission of the National Education Association is “to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world,”[4] as well as concerning itself with the wage and working condition issues common to other labor unions.’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association

Teachers first, skrool baby goats second.