Education Secretary Duncan and teachers unions announce summit
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Discussion PolicyBy Nick Anderson
Thursday, October 14, 2010; 2:20 PMConventional wisdom holds that teachers unions are stuck in the status quo and that there are few examples of labor-management teamwork on education reform.
On Thursday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and leaders of the two largest teachers unions called for an education summit early next year to disprove those notions.
The announcement highlighted several initiatives across the country, including a teacher peer-review program in Montgomery County and a new labor deal in Baltimore that allows teachers to be get raises based on student performance and other factors, not just