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Friday, August 13, 2010

Sitting at the table, collective bargaining and the IEA’s straw man. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Sitting at the table, collective bargaining and the IEA’s straw man. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Sitting at the table, collective bargaining and the IEA’s straw man.


Thanks to NEA Director Jim Grimes in his email and NYC Educator in his comment for focusing in on the issue of sitting at the table.
Our IEA leadership has tried to make the debate over IEA’s support for Race to the Top an issue of whether or not we should sit at the table to negotiate.
Not since Ray Bolger followed the yellow brick road with Dorothy has there been more of a straw man.