Thursday, September 27, 2012

More on Democrats and education. And the importance of the CTU. « Fred Klonsky

More on Democrats and education. And the importance of the CTU. « Fred Klonsky:


More on Democrats and education. And the importance of the CTU.

I want to continue the conversation about why the Democratic Party seems to have distanced itself and in some cases abandoned its traditional alliance with unions and particularly teacher unions.
Nowhere has this abandonment been played out more starkly than in Illinois, a dark blue state, where the Democrats control both chambers of the General Assembly, the governor’s mansion and the office of the mayor of its major city, Chicago.
The assault on teachers and teacher unions has been relentless. It has been funded by deep pocketed