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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Interview with myself about the NEA RA now that I am home. « Fred Klonsky

Interview with myself about the NEA RA now that I am home. « Fred Klonsky:


Interview with myself about the NEA RA now that I am home.

Q: How does it feel to be back home in Chicago.
A: Sweet. Hot. But sweet.
Q: You missed Obama’s phone call to the RA from Ohio?
A: Yes I did. But it doesn’t sound like I missed much. It wasn’t much more than the usual, “We thank you for all you do,” stuff. The Obama campaign won’t address anything of substance because they know their current policies run counter to what most public school teachers believe and want to hear from a self-described education president.
Q: What happened with the NBI supporting the SOS conference in Washington that is planned for August?
A: It got voted down.
Jane Watson, an SOS supporter and delegate from Washington state offered a very simple NBI that didn’t ask for much than an endorsement of the conference and putting a link to SOS on the NEA website. It seemed very