Shocking: AFL-CIO comes out aganist Central Falls superintendent
By Jim StergiosMarch 4th, 2010
Yeah, I know. That’s. Not. News. The only thing worth pointing out is the title of their press release related to the position taken by the AFL-CIO’s Executive Committee:
Supporting the Students, Teachers, Staff and Community of Central Falls High School in Rhode Island
So, they’re against the superintendent, but supporting everyone else. Yup. I am not close enough to the situation to know if firing is the end-result that is necessary. But I am plenty close enough through friends, relatives and having grown up next door to know that the only way to get the unions to sit down and think seriously about the city’s 50 percent dropout rate was to do something radical.
The super and the unions are, not surprisingly, kickstarting negotiations. Good on Obama for supporting the way they sent the signal. Bad on AFT/Randi W and the AFL-CIO for doing the old ostrich crane of the neck into the mud.
Can some young, energetic leader stand up and represent a younger generation of teachers? Please?
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1. mischievous_blogger | March 5th, 2010 at 2:09 am
with their (central falls) drop out rate, test results and overall decrepit, depressed and downtrodden state of affairs, they (teachers, teacher’s union, administration), are the ones who should be doing the old ostrich crane of the neck into the mud.
btw: if ostriches actually did bury themselves in the sand, it would cause great harm.
looks like the analogy is no less applicable.
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