Education Department Downsizing a ‘Good Step’
“While the DoED downsizing is a good step, the principal battlegrounds for genuine school reform have been and will continue to be in the state capitals."
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Teachers at more than 200 Chicago schools overwhelmingly favor a plan to walk off the job in protest, Chicago Teachers Union Boss Karen Lewis said. Lewis said a number of schools have taken “mock strike votes,” and the majority favor work stoppage, NBC Chicago reports. She says that teacher’s are being treated with “disrespect.”
“While the DoED downsizing is a good step, the principal battlegrounds for genuine school reform have been and will continue to be in the state capitals."
UAW bosses now required to attend federal training after trying to fire non-striking workers
Big Labor’s growing budgetary power fuels bureaucratic bloat in public schools, driving up costs without improving education for students or taxpayers.