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Friday, February 17, 2012

Opportunism and cowardice. « Fred Klonsky

Opportunism and cowardice. « Fred Klonsky:

Opportunism and cowardice.

This morning my comrades in the schools of New York are writing rants about the foul deal that was worked out between their unions and the governor on teacher evaluation.

The deal is a hoax, of course.

Just like Illinois’ Senate Bill 7 is a hoax.

Like all top-down reform plans. These scams will do nothing to address or fix the real or imagined ills claimed by their sponsors.

Their sponsors know that. It is all about using teachers as punching bags for cynical political advantage.

Our union leadership cowers. They have no fire in their belly. Pressured by the likes of New York’s Governor