Some Democrats come around to the need to stop the monopoly power of the teachers unions.
Chicago Public Schools still fight for the bottom of the heap - aided and abetted, as always, by the teachers’ unions. While Mayor Emanuel appears to be taking the high road by challenging the established bureaucracies running the (failing) city public schools, the forces for the entrenched unions always seem to find new ways to put students last. Two years ago, a movement began to unionize charter schools -undermining progress at what represents at least a half-hearted attempt to put school choice for parents on the table. ASPIRA charter schools led the way, and now 16 charter schools are in the process of being organized (read more: http://bit.ly/x0KXtK). The new union, the Chicago Alliance of Charter School Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS) is an outgrowth of the regular local unions, the CTU and IFT.
Check out (below) the good things that can happen when school choice (charter schools) operate outside the political patronage system of teachers unions, even in Chicago.
About Me
Bringing conservative values back to Illinois . . . one Republicrat at a time.Conversation and connections on the world according to Eva Sorock from a (mostly) local perspective - Wilmette, Illinois, USA. Acquired my conservative credentials at Mount Holyoke College, as an intern for then-Rep. Don Rumsfeld, and with an MBA from the University of Chicago. Two terms on the Wilmette Board of Education. Life influences: husband, Herb from Chicago (heard regularly on Dennis Miller radio) and three virtually grown up kids: one conservative marketing director, one conservative attorney in Manhattan and one libertarian attorney in Chicago.
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