Facing Chris Christie Clones Who Bully Teachers
It would be one thing if Gov. Chris Christie’s latest statement that the teachers’ union“deserved a punch in the face,” was some lone comment by one irate individual. But the sad fact is there are more Christies out there! The friction between Christie and the teachers’ union runs deep, but don’t forget the other noteworthy bullying teachers have had to endure.
Remember Rod Paige, President G. W. Bush’s first education secretary? He compared the teachers union to terrorists not long after 9-11! How can someone placed in a position to oversee, and nurture teachers in America hate teachers?
And then there was Dr. Reid Lyon a research psychologist who advised President George W. Bush about education and who was one of the architects of Reading First (look it up if you get a chance). At a 2002 forum sponsored by the Council for Excellence in Government, Reid said if he could pass any piece of legislation, it would be “to blow up colleges of education.”
Reid went to work with an online teacher education program called the American College of Education. Rod Paige is one of the trustees. Think about that.
There are many more of these teacher bullies on a national, state and even the local level.
Most of this bullying is directed at the teachers’ union. But the problems many see, with both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Facing Chris Christie Clones Who Bully Teachers: