If you sit at the table with dogs, don’t complain when you get up with fleas. « Fred Klonsky's blog

If you sit at the table with dogs, don’t complain when you get up with fleas. « Fred Klonsky's blog

If you sit at the table with dogs, don’t complain when you get up with fleas.

by Fred Klonsky

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Statement from the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the Illinois Education Association, and the Chicago Teachers Union, regarding the comments by Stand for Children’s CEO, Jonah Edelman, recorded at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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We were disappointed to hear the views of Stand for Children’s leader and his own assessment of his organization’s involvement in Illinois politics. We heard a lot from Jonah Edelman about power in politics, power over unions and management power over teachers. Sadly, we didn’t hear anything in that hour-long session about improving education. Frankly, Edelman was never actively engaged in that collaborative process. By falsely claiming to have manipulated people engaged in