The Moral Imperative: Julie Cavanagh Opts in on Opt Out Issue
From a Chicago CORE teacher |
A teacher who, in conversations with students or parents, takes a position on testing contrary to the school district's educational program may potentially be charged with misconduct or insubordination and could be subject to disciplinary action. --- Richard Iannuzzi, President, NYSUTIs Iannuzzi doing his job by protecting teachers?
Ultimately opting-out and boycotts are a parent choice. However, teachers do have a role. There is a moral question, I feel, in our cooperating with these tests (it is one of the reasons I left the testing grade). -- Julie Cavanagh
The UFT leadership supported a version of the MORE resolution supporting Jesse Hagopian and the Seattle teachers. [I'm running out now to tape it.]
Cavanagh says:
True. However, and we will hear this from Jesse Hagopian at a forum @ the Earth School today, teachers in Seattle were supported by our union local and national union in terms of their boycott