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duffyduff

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13. No, what I am saying is the teachers have an uphill battle

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #12)

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 07:23 PM

Jan 2013

and I hope they are aware of how risky it is to do it.

It has to be done, pushing back against "reform," but this should have been done YEARS ago.

I don't know how it is "bottom up" in other ways when basically you have administrators who have all of the power while teachers have virtually none.

Unions have been co-opted in public education. Look no further than mole Randi Weingarten.

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Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... [View all] HiPointDem Jan 2013 OP

Just wait until the Smarter Balance/Common Core test comes down the pike. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #1

The "reformers" are forcing children to fail on purpose duffyduff Jan 2013 #2

Oh, I agree. They want those left behind for cannon fodder, too. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #5

AND they can say the teachers and schools are failures, and thus should be privatized, Squinch Jan 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author mlauer59295 Jan 2013 #15

why are teachers preparing for CC instead of fighting it? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #3

Because money's attached to it. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #4

but that doesn't really make sense either, because the money is mostly to implement the systems HiPointDem Jan 2013 #6

Teachers resist, they risk getting fired for "insubordination" duffyduff Jan 2013 #7

when they resist *alone*. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #8

In Seattle, administrators are making threats over those protesting teachers duffyduff Jan 2013 #9

yes, making the threat of a ten-day suspension. power always has the upper hand. until it doesn't. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #10

Public education isn't like other areas of the economy duffyduff Jan 2013 #11

unions aren't effective because they're captured company unions, for the most part. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #12

No, what I am saying is the teachers have an uphill battle duffyduff Jan 2013 #13