Teachers’ Union Declines to March on Washington

Orlando, Fla.

Delegates gathered here last week for the National Education Association’s annual convention rejected a march on Washington to show the union’s support for two school desegregation cases from Jefferson County, Ky., and Seattle that are now before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The march had the support of several delegates, who said they saw attempts to eliminate the school districts’ desegregation policies as threats to Brown v . Board of Education , the landmark case that overturned racial segregation in public education. ( "High Court to Consider Use of Race," June 14, 2006.)

But the potential price tag of more than $2 million to pull off the demonstration was too expensive to pass muster. Jeff Hubbard, the vice president of the Georgia Association of Educators, called it a...