History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Obama wrong, Weingarten right
- 03-02-2010
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Column by Jay Matthews/Washington Post
It puzzles me why President Obama yesterday chose to endorse the firing of 93 teachers and other staff members at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island, as reported by my colleagues Michael A. Fletcher and Nick Anderson. Dismissing every member of the staff was overkill, and unnecessary. The president knows that, but I guess decided that he had to show some of that toughness a lot of people say he needs. I am not one of those people. The president seems quite clear and right to me on nearly all educational issues. But in this case I have to endorse the statement released by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, along with other union leaders, that his statement is scoring "political points by scapegoating teachers" and "does nothing to give our students and teachers the tools they need to succeed." (more...)
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