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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Schools Matter: Chicago Teachers and Support Staff: Lots of Thank Yous and a Couple of Warnings

Schools Matter: Chicago Teachers and Support Staff: Lots of Thank Yous and a Couple of Warnings:


Chicago Teachers and Support Staff: Lots of Thank Yous and a Couple of Warnings

First, some thank yous.  
  1. Thank you for the exercising the courage, care, and conviction that has been banished by the national union leadership of the NEA and AFT. 
  2. Thank you for reminding us what leadership looks like.
  3. Thank you for re-focusing the teacher union movement on the social justice mission for children, which is our calling, our mission, and the fire we carry.
  4. Thank you for demanding respect, rather than cowering and cutting deals to assuage corporate hacks stuck in a Reagan time warp.
  5. Thank you for your energy, your pluck, your pride, your determination that