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Next CTA prez foresees attacks on union
- 06-21-2011
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By John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Like floods and tornadoes, the attacks on collective bargaining and the imposition of test-score-based teacher evaluations that have swept through states in the Midwest and South this year have not been seen in California. But the incoming president of the 325,000-member California Teachers Association expects the state will not be immune for long. “It’s only a matter of time before what I’ve been calling the ‘pseudo-reform movement’ that’s been sweeping the country is going to come right to us; because all the players are here, and the money’s here, and the argument has spread,” Dean Vogel said in a video interview (go here for transcript). “Both political parties are talking about the need for change.” The CTA is ready for this, he said, and expects to be in the center of the debate over issues such as teacher evaluations. (more...)
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