Education Heavyweights Prepare for D.C. Contract Fight
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 ...
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I'm a Seattle teacher and proud to be a member of SEA. The term "educational reform" is itself in constant reform. I distrust the current meaning, which is to apply business practices to education, hopefully resulting in higher test scores, heck with anything else.