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IEA’s sellout to Stand for Children was indeed a model for the nation. « Fred Klonsky

IEA’s sellout to Stand for Children was indeed a model for the nation. « Fred Klonsky:


IEA’s sellout to Stand for Children was indeed a model for the nation.

The Mass Teachers Association bought the Stand for Children deal hook, line and stinker.
It cuts both ways, you know.
While the firm stand taken by the Chicago teachers in their negotiating posture with Rahm Emanuel and his hand-picked board of education inspires teachers across the nation, the sellout by the IEA leadership on Senate Bill 7 undermines resistance to corporate school reform.
Look no further than Massachusetts, where the Mass Teachers Association’s leaders have just struck a deal