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Friday, April 13, 2012

We have one thing she hasn’t got. « Fred Klonsky

We have one thing she hasn’t got. « Fred Klonsky:


We have one thing she hasn’t got.

The story of the Detroit charter school teacher who was fired for allowing and encouraging her students to organize a fund raising event for Trayvon Martin is another lesson in why I treasure my union.
The firing is outrageous.
Brooke Harris sounds to me like a wonderful teacher and should be reinstated without delay. And protests are mounting to demand it.
But I couldn’t help being reminded of the scene in the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly