The Students vs. the Unions
7/16/14
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by Joe Klein,
from TIME Magazine,
7/10/14:
New York City’s mayor handed teachers a big win. Struggling students will be the losers.
All of which raises an old labor-movement question for Democrats in 2014 and 2016: Which side are you on? Competent teachers should certainly be paid more, but the protection of incompetence is a national scandal, as is the unions’ resistance to teacher evaluations and charter schools, as is the quiet undermining of educational creativity by eliminating special programs for needy students. The Obama Administration has clearly edged away from the unions’ excesses. But what about the rest of the party? Which side are they on: the students’ or the unions’?
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