Initial thoughts on Duffy's duplicity
Duffy has not kept the faith. He has sold his soul. He is prepared to betray untold numbers of teachers for his own personal gain, while helping to destroy an institution that is vital to maintaining a democratic government, and that institution Is public education. — UTLA member in response to Duffy announcement
That bastion of reaction otherwise known as the Los Angeles Times announced last week that former United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) president A.J. Duffy was jumping on the privatization bandwagon. At his charter school, ex-UTLA head would target tenure was followed up by a nasty mean spirited editorial by the plutocrats' lapdogs at the Times entitled A.J. Duffy, education reformer? Before the former article was published, I was contacted by Howard Blume (one of the only somewhat honest writers at the Times, the other being Teresa Watanabe). He
That bastion of reaction otherwise known as the Los Angeles Times announced last week that former United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) president A.J. Duffy was jumping on the privatization bandwagon. At his charter school, ex-UTLA head would target tenure was followed up by a nasty mean spirited editorial by the plutocrats' lapdogs at the Times entitled A.J. Duffy, education reformer? Before the former article was published, I was contacted by Howard Blume (one of the only somewhat honest writers at the Times, the other being Teresa Watanabe). He
