MTA on the Issues

The Massachusetts Teachers Association, as an avocate for education, should advance the cause of education for all individuals, promote excellence among all educational personnel, gain recognition of the basic importance of the professional educators in the learning process, secure professional autonomy, protect the rights of educational personnel and advance their interests and welfare, unite educators for effective citizenship, promote and protect human and civil rights, and obtain for its members the benefits of an independent, unified teaching professions.

--preamble to the Resolutions of the Massachusetts Teachers Association