Wow - who woulda thunk - although naturally, this burgeoning movement (and yes, it's definitely a good thing for education in this country and "for the children," shudder) has to come when I'm about a year from becoming a teacher. The only people who really benefit from the immense power of the teacher's union are the teachers (and the Dems).
The party would "have to admit as Democrats we have been wrong on education." Loud applause! Mayor Adrian Fenty of D.C. joined in, describing the AFT's attempt to block the proposed pathbreaking D.C. teacher contract. Booker denounced "insane work rules," and Groff talked about doing the bidding of "those folks who are giving money [for campaigns], and you know who I'm talking about."There's no denying that teachers in general are pretty well taken care of as a result of their union's work. However, I can only hope that if the union was to lose some influence and power, it would result in more of a merit-based system, in which those teachers who actually cared about their work and did their jobs well would get kept on and paid more, while those teachers who know less than their students and can barely read aren't protected by tenure. Which I guess would be good for me, as a member of that former group. So yay.
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