...and nobody paid attention.
That pretty much sums up last weekend. While you were following the ins-and-outs of the debt debate in Washington, a coalition of groups including our teachers' unions came together in our nation's capital to decry a host of sins they claim are being visited on our schools by everyone from education secretary Arne Duncan to charter school supporters.
That pretty much sums up last weekend. While you were following the ins-and-outs of the debt debate in Washington, a coalition of groups including our teachers' unions came together in our nation's capital to decry a host of sins they claim are being visited on our schools by everyone from education secretary Arne Duncan to charter school supporters.
The march attracted only about 3,000 participants, but their message reflected the standard opposition by teachers unions and their allies to efforts at reforming our public schools. Larry Sand, a former California teacher who closely follows union doings in his state, neatly sums up their positions:
• Charter schools stole your kids' lunch moneyThe marchers also showed an intense aversion to testing in schools, although their signs in support of their position, like the one below, suggest that maybe we need more spelling tests.
• students before bankers
• fund education, not occupation
• stop private interests from destroying public schools
• Socialism is the alternative
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