Where was the debate? Did we miss it? Why was the AFT rapid endorsement of Hillary Clinton such a rash mistake?
Hillary Clinton has two sides when it comes to education, and the AFT should have taken more time to haggle with her—nudge her into showing her good side. But they didn’t do due diligence and now they have no bargaining chips. Not that they are in the business of bargaining these days.
Now, like past elections, we will vote Republican or Democrat based on other issues. Education will be nothing more than corporate soundbites fed to candidates for transmission to the public by the incredibly rich.
What do I mean by Hillary Clinton’s two sides?
One side is Hillary Clinton the author of It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us.
Anyone who says there’s no difference between Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush is mistaken and It Takes a Village is proof. She gets much too involved in discussing standards by the end of the book, but the beginning shows the warm side of Hillary Clinton. There’s much hope there, jumping out at us fom those pages.
If you read this book it is easy to capture the sincerity in her words as a reflection of understanding children and individualism. It is poignant. You are with her as she is growing up herself, and you can understand easily that she has always had a deep, abiding love for children.
This is the Hillary Clinton I want for President. This is what a good union should have pushed her towards.
But then there’s the other side.
Common Core
Hillary Clinton, there is no doubt, has bought into harmful school reform. No sooner Two Sides of Hillary Clinton: The American Federation of Teachers’ Big Blunder: