Latest News and Comment from Education

Monday, July 5, 2010

Schools Matter: Anyone But Weingarten: Vote Her OUT, AFT Delegates

Schools Matter: Anyone But Weingarten: Vote Her OUT, AFT Delegates

Anyone But Weingarten: Vote Her OUT, AFT Delegates

“For the Department of Education to say, ‘Everybody else has to sacrifice, but our pet programs must be spared’— that makes me so angry I don’t even know how to say it,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, which has often been more supportive of administration initiatives than the National Education Association.
Why, she is so angry that she can't speak anything bad about Arne Duncan. Randi is usually


NEA: No confidence in RTTT

Posted as a NCTE blog:
The National Education Association just voted "No Confidence" in the Race to the Top Guidelines & the use of competitive grants by the Dept of Education.
I propose that NCTE do the same.