Was A.J. Duffy, who recently was termed out as president of United Teachers Los Angeles, a closeted reformer all those years? (Los Angeles Times)

Was A.J. Duffy, who recently was termed out as president of United Teachers Los Angeles, a closeted reformer all those years? (Los Angeles Times)

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On several occasions over the last few years, A.J. Duffy sat in a conference room with the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times and expounded on the evils of charter schools, the value of teachers union contracts that included pages and pages of extensive work rules, the importance of the teacher seniority system and the nefarious intentions of those who sought to streamline the firing of bad teachers.

So it came as a bit of a surprise when Duffy, who recently was termed out as president of United Teachers Los Angeles,