Anti-teacher climate humbles the conservative husband of a Cleveland educator: Connie Schultz | cleveland.com #madOH

Anti-teacher climate humbles the conservative husband of a Cleveland educator: Connie Schultz | cleveland.com

Anti-teacher climate humbles the conservative husband of a Cleveland educator: Connie Schultz

Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 5:15 AM Updated: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 9:25 AM

By Connie Schultz
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View full sizeJay LaPrete l Associated PressSupporters of Senate Bill 5 wave signs outside the Ohio Statehouse on March 2 in Columbus. Teachers and other public workers are the center of controversy because of the Ohio legislature's effort to limit their collective-bargaining rights.

It's a question on a lot of parents' minds these days: How do we teach character?

New York Times columnist David Brooks was in Cleveland on Monday to talk about his new book, "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement." During the audience Q-and-A, the self-described conservative was asked how he would design high school curriculum to include the teaching of character.

Brooks shared a memory of his own teachers: "I don't remember what they taught me, but I remember how they behaved." Many in the audience nodded and murmured in agreement.

Like most people, I could easily rattle off the names of several teachers who changed my life by

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nothing while thieves posing as politicians stole your

Great Lakes State from you." – Michael Moore

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Local 1000 members spoke before the CalPERS board Channel 1000 News: Mar. 16, 2011 - SEIU 1000

Channel 1000 News: Mar. 16, 2011 - SEIU 1000

Channel 1000 News: Mar. 16, 2011

1:51 PM - March 16, 2011

• Lawmakers in both houses are meeting for the first floor vote on the proposal to close the state's $26 billion budget deficit. We'll tell you why an agreement likely won't come till at least next week.

• Local 1000 members spoke before the CalPERS board, trying to keep the committee from a change that could cost the state millions of dollars.

• And Local 1000 members testified at the state Capitol in an effort to slow down facility closures within the Department of Juvenile Justice.
  

• Download today's transcript of the Channel 1000 News [PDF]