http://www.edwize.org/what-are-they-so-afraid-of Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.edwize.org/what-are-they-so-afraid-of/comment-page-1#comment-66353 jasonblons Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:38:23 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=3496#comment-66353 I hope we are near the end of the anti-union swing in this country. The pendulum needs a push from us, not just Union members, but our families, friends, associates in our school communities, parents and concerned citizens. We need to mobilize because the concentration of wealth and power, particularly in the opinion-forming (print, video , radio) has been so severe in the past two decades. That workers should have decent salaries, pensions, health care, and educational opportunities seems to be very secondary to increasing profits and stockholder confidence. The notion of the good citizen corporation as an egalitarian force in a free society gets lip service on PBS advertisements, and tax-deductible donations pale in comparison to the furious lobbying for more tax breaks and cuts for the already wealthy. We must preserve and protect our own union, as it is among the last powerful remnants of the 20th century struggle for workers rights. The Kipp/Klein nonsense about union obstructionism is patently about removing the only strong voice teachers have in the public forum. I hope we are near the end of the anti-union swing in this country. The pendulum needs a push from us, not just Union members, but our families, friends, associates in our school communities, parents and concerned citizens. We need to mobilize because the concentration of wealth and power, particularly in the opinion-forming (print, video , radio) has been so severe in the past two decades. That workers should have decent salaries, pensions, health care, and educational opportunities seems to be very secondary to increasing profits and stockholder confidence. The notion of the good citizen corporation as an egalitarian force in a free society gets lip service on PBS advertisements, and tax-deductible donations pale in comparison to the furious lobbying for more tax breaks and cuts for the already wealthy.
We must preserve and protect our own union, as it is among the last powerful remnants of the 20th century struggle for workers rights. The Kipp/Klein nonsense about union obstructionism is patently about removing the only strong voice teachers have in the public forum.

]]> http://www.edwize.org/what-are-they-so-afraid-of/comment-page-1#comment-66352 Remainders: A fight over who’s responsible for rubber rooms | GothamSchools Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:22:25 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=3496#comment-66352 [...] The New York Post editorial board doesn’t want KIPP teachers to unionize. (Via Leo Casey.) [...] [...] The New York Post editorial board doesn’t want KIPP teachers to unionize. (Via Leo Casey.) [...]

]]> http://www.edwize.org/what-are-they-so-afraid-of/comment-page-1#comment-66351 Ron Isaac Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:37:40 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=3496#comment-66351 Exactly right. And shared decision-making must be embedded on the individual school level also. Principals ( especially these days when so many of them have so little actual experience and training as teachers and got where they are by cronyism and other illegitimate routes) should not be allowed to enjoy thedegree of power that would have been coveted by medieval monarchs. They should be frustrated in their attempts to wield it. Exactly right. And shared decision-making must be embedded on the individual school level also. Principals ( especially these days when so many of them have so little actual experience and training as teachers and got where they are by cronyism and other illegitimate routes) should not be allowed to enjoy thedegree of power that would have been coveted by medieval monarchs. They should be frustrated in their attempts to wield it.

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