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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Testing. One. Two. Three. « Fred Klonsky

Testing. One. Two. Three. « Fred Klonsky:


Testing. One. Two. Three.

If you’re going to argue stuff around here, you have to be a little honest about what you say.
And the organizers of the Challenge to Dennis Van Roekel and the NEA, a group called United Opt Out National, have not met even that minimum requirement.
On the eve of leaving for the National Education Association’s national meeting, I received their unsolicited call. As a thirty year member of the NEA and a life-time union member, I was not pleased with their threats.

The NEA’s eventual eradication as a legitimate organization in support of public education will be met with a bittersweet jubilation.  Make no mistake: we do not negotiate with children’s lives.

I thought this was crazy talk. I still do.
At a time when public service worker unions are under assault by Republicans and Democrats, here was a