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Schools Matter: Will DC Teachers Approve a Union Contract Endorsed by Walmart and Michelle Rhee?

Schools Matter: Will DC Teachers Approve a Union Contract Endorsed by Walmart and Michelle Rhee?

Will DC Teachers Approve a Union Contract Endorsed by Walmart and Michelle Rhee?

The corporate media echo chamber has been working overtime since a tentative DC teacher contract was approved by Eli Broad's thug lawyers and the prostisuits who run the AFT and their DC affiliate. WaPo's Metro columnist, Robert McCartney, hailed the new deal as a sign that, three years after her hiring, Rhee has finally arrived:
It took her nearly three years, but D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has finally achieved something important enough to actually merit all the praise and hoopla that have made her the nation's most celebrated schools chief.
McCartney, of course, would never acknowledge that a tentative settlement was reached despite the fuming,