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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road | EduShyster

Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road | EduShyster:



Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road





 Well that certainly didn’t take long. Just two weeks after California’s kids celebrated their victory vs. bad teachers, the kids vs. tenure lawsuits are hitting the road. And that’s great news, reader. Because just as the California case produced lots ofwinners that weren’t exactly, ahem, pint-sized, round two of the civil rights cause of our time seems certain to be a win/win/win for everyone involved. From Campbell Brown who’ll be enjoying more screen time since, well any time in recent memory, to the Obama administration alums who won’t have to lobby for for-profit colleges after all, everyone’s a winner! Well, make that almost everyone…

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The fresh face of kids vs. lemons is none other thanCampbell Brown, who is, well, who exactly? Whoever Campbell Brown, her new, expanded screen time is great news, for Campbell at least, because wherever it was you can’t quite remember seeing her before (MTV VJ? that 90′s sitcom about Alaska?), you’ll be seeing a lot of her again now.
Dirty Dancing Lemons
No doubt you’re familiar with the Dance of the Lemons, in which bad teachers, who can never be fired thanks to their union protections, are passed around from school to school, blighting the prospects of poor minority students. Well get ready for Dirty Dancing Lemons, because the fresh face of kids v. lemons, Campbell Brown (see entry above, Campbell Brown), wants you to know that our schools aren’t just filled with bad teachers, Everyone’s a Winner! The Kids vs. Bad Teachers Lawsuit Hits the Road | EduShyster: