The Dropout Nation Podcast: What School Reform Can Learn from Teachers’ Unions
On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, I take a look back at last week’s revelation of the American Federation of Teachers’ cynical strategizing against Parent Trigger laws and school reform, then explain how reformers and activists can turn that cynicism to their advantage. Becoming more-politically savvy can advance the systemic reforms our kids need to succeed in school and life.
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[...] isn’t exactly all that pleased with the situation. Once again, as I note in this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, the lessons for Parent Power activists and school reformers everywhere are simple: Play the [...]
[...] Last year, it would have been unimaginable that the array of Parent Power groups working on school reform today would have held a press conference, much less have been considered a threat to affiliates of the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and other education traditionalists. But as Parent Revolution, the Connecticut Parents Union, Buffalo ReformEd, and the Texas Parents Union spent yesterday discussing the obstacles they have faced in passing versions of Parent Trigger laws in California, the Nutmeg State and the Lone Star State, one thing is certainly clear: The AFT presentation has awoken Parent Power advocates to the reality that they will have to get savvy in order to beat back the opposition. [...]