Dissent among teachers union over charter fight
The Massachusetts Teachers Association has positioned itself as perhaps the most aggressive foe of a charter school expansion in the state.
Barbara Madeloni, the fiery president of the union, has pledged an all-out fight. “We’re going to put everything we’ve got into it,” she said last month.
But the union is not quite ready to make the full investment.
Over the weekend, the union’s board of directors slowed approval of an aggressive, $9.6 million plan to fight legislation and a related ballot measure aimed at lifting the state’s cap on charter schools.
Instead, the panel provided interim funding to get the grass-roots portion of the campaign started, pushing a decision on the larger budget to a much bigger body — the MTA delegates, who will hold their annual meeting in May at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
The move set off a round of recriminations within the union. Deborah McCarthy, chairwoman of Dissent among teachers union over charter fight - The Boston Globe: