Center for Union Facts… Yeah, Right.
On December 10, 2013, the deceptively-named Center for Union Facts (CUF) bought a full-page ad in the New York Times in order to tell the public that some of the 2012 US PISA scores are the “fault” of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten.
Right there, we begin with stupid.
The CUF attacks on Weingarten have since expanded to include a radio ad focused on the supposed “elephant in the room”– that Weingarten is “protecting incompetent teachers” and “refusing to reward good teachers.”
On December 12, 2013, I wrote a post on the CUF nonsense. On December 13, 2013, Diane Ravitch posted my piece immediately after posting her own take on the issue.
It seems that CUF has found the time to criticize Ravitch for her post but has conveniently ignored mine.
Cowards.
Talk About “Elephants”
In my post, I discuss the history of CUF as one of five shell organizations designed to promote the agendas of hidden supporters while amply padding lobbyist Rick Berman’s bank account.
CUF is a front for union bashing. This is what CUF does. CUF is not concerned “with”