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IEA President attempts to explain Soglin’s role on anti-union group’s board of advisors. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA President attempts to explain Soglin’s role on anti-union group’s board of advisors. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA President attempts to explain Soglin’s role on anti-union group’s board of advisors.

Jerry Mulvihill is a colleague in my Local. He sent an email to new IEA President Cinda Klickna asking why IEA Executive Director Audrey Soglin had joined the Board of Advisors of the anti-union National Council on Teacher Quality.

Here is Klickna’s response.

Dear Jerry,
Thank you for your email.
You correctly state that the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) is not a traditional ally of education employee unions and has not always supported what we would consider the best ideas for improving teaching and learning.
This is why, a few months ago, Audrey received encouragement from the IEA officers (myself, Ken