The Trib’s Eric Zorn and Glen Brown talk tenure and pensions. « Fred Klonsky

The Trib’s Eric Zorn and Glen Brown talk tenure and pensions. « Fred Klonsky:

The Trib’s Eric Zorn and Glen Brown talk tenure and pensions.

by Fred Klonsky

Retired teachers Merle Taber, John Dillon and Glen Brown attended a Chicago Tribune Board meeting on April 23rd.  After the meeting, Eric Zorn invited Glen to engage in a “blogging” discussion about clearing “up points of difference between current and former public school teachers and critics of at least certain aspects of the education system.” Here is the link to the first discussion:
http://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/05/rhubarb_teachers.html#more

To Glen, 

I’m glad you’ve agreed to have this e-mail exchange with me because I’m hopeful we can begin to clear up the points of difference between current and former public school teachers and critics of at least certain aspects of the education system.

I don’t consider myself an adversary. I have great respect for teachers and am a staunch defender of the idea of public education. Though there are obviously lazy, untalented teachers among the