Post by metta on May 27, 2010 14:54:17 GMT -5
I always think about you, Magnet Man, whenever I hear about issues in education. Thought I would pass this along for your consideration:
From Capital Confidential:
What is the purpose of teacher unions? To work for children? Establish new and better requirements? Push their members to better serve parents and children?
How about obtain as much power as possible and use it to become effective advocates of a selective agenda?
Don't take it from me, this is coming from the National Education Association's just-retired General Counsel Bob Chanin:
"Despite what some among us would like to believe, it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children. And it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power. And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year because they believe that we are the unions that can most effectively represent them, the unions that can protect their rights and advance their interests as education employees."
As legendary New York teachers union leader Albert Shanker said, "When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."
Check out the video...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-piPkgAUo0w&feature=player_embedded
Source: www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/pubs/mcc/videos.aspx
Hope you are well... love to you and yours.
xoxoxo
From Capital Confidential:
What is the purpose of teacher unions? To work for children? Establish new and better requirements? Push their members to better serve parents and children?
How about obtain as much power as possible and use it to become effective advocates of a selective agenda?
Don't take it from me, this is coming from the National Education Association's just-retired General Counsel Bob Chanin:
"Despite what some among us would like to believe, it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children. And it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power. And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year because they believe that we are the unions that can most effectively represent them, the unions that can protect their rights and advance their interests as education employees."
As legendary New York teachers union leader Albert Shanker said, "When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."
Check out the video...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-piPkgAUo0w&feature=player_embedded
Source: www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/pubs/mcc/videos.aspx
Hope you are well... love to you and yours.
xoxoxo
