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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Ed Notes Online: Nightmare on 8 Mile Road After Randi Negotiated Worst Contract in History

Ed Notes Online: Nightmare on 8 Mile Road After Randi Negotiated Worst Contract in History:


Nightmare on 8 Mile Road After Randi Negotiated Worst Contract in History

Detroit Public Schools consultants are creating phony negative evaluations of experienced teachers in a “monstrous plot” to fire anyone making too much money and destroy the teacher’s union, according to Superintendent Dr. John Telford. “Some of the stories would make you cry,” Telford said Wednesday on the Charlie Langton Talk Radio 1270 show.
Remember that "great" contract hailed as "ground breaking" Randi helped the Detroit teacher union negotiate a few years ago and ratified in Jan. 2009? Rich Gibson in Substance predicted the death spiral after the contract was negotiated, calling it "The worst contract in the history of school-based bargaining."

Detroit schools in final death spiral?

Rich Gibson - November 27, 2010
The Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) may be on its last legs. This was a once-proud union that fought like hell, alongside other workers, not only for the school worker force, but for kids. Last