AFT: State of the Union 2010-2012
The video played at the opening of the 2012 AFT Convention taking place this week in Detroit.
The video played at the opening of the 2012 AFT Convention taking place this week in Detroit.
As you may or may not be aware, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel have been embroiled in a bitter dispute, with Emanuel backing many of the nonsensical anti-labor and school “reform” ideas that have swept the nation. Earlier this week the CTU won a stunning victory. From Diane Ravitch: As you …
**Update** An agreement has been reached pending ratification.
All children deserve a rich, meaningful public education that prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and challenges that await them as they become contributing members of a democratic society. Growing our nation’s future citizens and workers is a serious undertaking that calls for a thoughtful focus on teaching and learning. But the growing fixation on …
From “Learning Matters“: First to Worst (2004) explores the roots of California’s current education crisis, tracing it to the anti-tax movement of the 1970’s and 80’s and to civil rights lawsuits that aimed to equalize school spending but resulted instead in disastrous funding limits on schools. The documentary pays special attention to the effects of …
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