Education Heavyweights Prepare for D.C. Contract Fight

Washington Post by Bill Turque | Feb. 1, 2009 (News Report)
Teachers Union Head, Schools Chancellor Face Off on Tenure Protection, Reforms

When the District's teachers union unveils its long-awaited contract proposal this month, a head-to-head struggle will be fully joined between two of public education's most prominent and strongest-willed leaders: Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

At stake is not only the fate of Rhee's ambitious attempt to transform the District's failing schools, but also a significant early ... Full Story »

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 by Dale Penn - Feb. 1, 2009

This report provides insight into both local and national implications of the negotiations at hand in Washington D.C. between reformer Michelle Rhee and AFT Union President Randi Weingarten. This appears to be one of the areas Obama may have been talking about when he said that change isn't going to be easy, and will require sacrifice from everyone. Perhaps this is one of the first major tests of the potential for real change in a system obviously in need.

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