Bonuses dead. Kids didn't win. Where's Randi?
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| Bloomberg called it, an "historic agreement." (NYT pic) |
Union leader raved about bonuses in '07
"Everybody wins, especially the kids." -- UFT President Randi Weingarten - October 26, 2007Back in '07, Mayor Bloomberg called it an “historic and unique agreement,"claiming, “This agreement puts New York City at the forefront nationally in finding ways to reward such high-needs schools for performance.”
Then UFT Pres. Randi Weingarten pushed her own union membership to voluntarily except Bloomberg/Klein's bonus plan. As I recall, there were a few rank-and-file pockets of resistance, warning fellow N.Y. teachers not to be taken in by
