Teacher's unions facing national scorn

LOS ANGELES - Teachers unions have a well-deserved reputation for exercising political clout. With a nearly unparalleled ability to raise cash and organize their ranks, they have elected school boards, influenced legislation and helped set the public school agenda in major American cities for decades.

Now, that clout is in question.

A nationwide school reform movement with bipartisan support has collided head-on with unions over three ideas that labor has long resisted: expansion of charter schools, the introduction of merit pay for teachers and the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

Even the long-held protections and prerogatives conferred by seniority and tenure no longer seem sacrosanct.

“To say that we’re under attack is an understatement,” Los Angeles teachers union vice president Julie Washington told an angry audience of her members recently. “This is a wakeup call for all of us.”

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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
Better yet, try ignorance brought on by stupidity.

in terms of public education.

I have no idea how those who railed against Bush and NCLB can even dare support what is now occuring.


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approve of Arne saying Katrina was the best thing to happen to the children in NO.

Keep informing us, as depressing as it is to read sometimes.

This is ludicrous, to attack educators.