Hillsborough Teacher Union Head, Jean Clements, Rips Florida’s Parent Trigger Bill and School Grade Changes
Opponents of Florida’s education reform underway in the legislature will find out this morning they have an ally they probably didn’t realize they had.
That person is Hillsborough teacher union leader, Jean Clements, who by many had thought to have gone over to the dark side. Clements had been widely criticized for her support for the Gates merit pay initiative in her district and her recent addition to the advisory board of the National Council on Teacher Quality. The later includes the likes of Michelle Rhee, Wendy Kopp and Joel Klein. Clements has changed all that with this mornings op-ed piece that appears in The Answer Sheet. Clements wrote this of Parent Trigger legislation and the Florida Board of Education’s new school grade formula:
These changes will immediately demoralize teachers, discourage students and their families and