4LAKids - Michelle Rhee & Antonio Villaraigosa on Public Schools: ANTI-TEACHER UNION ‘REFORMERS’ HOISTED ON OWN PETARD

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Michelle Rhee & Antonio Villaraigosa on Public Schools: ANTI-TEACHER UNION ‘REFORMERS’ HOISTED ON OWN PETARD

BY RANDY SHAW/BEYOND CHRON – REBLOGGED FROM DICK AND SHARON’S LA PROGRESSIVE | HTTP://BIT.LY/QZJJJJ

Michelle Rhee​

August 23, 2011 - Recent data shows anti-union school “reformers” hoisted on their own petard. After insisting that test scores should be the chief measure of schools, a flurry of recent test results has refuted claims that non-union charter schools exceed unionized public ones. First, last July saw the Atlanta schools testing scandal explode, over five years after the local teachers union raised alarm bells the district ignored.

Second, a Los Angeles Times analysis revealed last week that “struggling schools under district control saw test scores rise more than most