"Randi Weingarten's recent policy speech is getting a lot of attention, and for good reason. The AFT president's plans for reform to teacher evaluation and due process get to the heart of the most incendiary debates in education reform. But it's her underlying message about trust that really caught my attention.
Distrust is corrosive. It can drive people apart, even if they share the best of intentions. When we turn school reform discussions into simple morality plays, we risk diverting attention from the toxic environments that turn good people of all stripes into tyrants or obstructionists.� Weingarten is right when she calls trust the 'common denominator among schools, districts and cities that have achieved success.'"
Distrust is corrosive. It can drive people apart, even if they share the best of intentions. When we turn school reform discussions into simple morality plays, we risk diverting attention from the toxic environments that turn good people of all stripes into tyrants or obstructionists.� Weingarten is right when she calls trust the 'common denominator among schools, districts and cities that have achieved success.'"
