Friday, October 14, 2011

Getting in bed with "The man"

"Occupy protesters? Don’t look now, but you just got in bed with The Man!" The California Teachers Association has joined the California Occupiers. So what? Here's what:
"It’s spent over $210 million in the course of the last decade to influence California state government — more than “big oil”, “big tobacco”, and “big pharma” combined. The results? Defeats for school voucher propositions, teacher accountability measures, and paycheck protection for educators. Not to mention that California — formerly a national leader in the classroom — now ranks among the bottom five American states in most education metrics."


Read more here: http://cfif.org/v/freedom_line_blog/11665/occupy-protests-so-anti-establishment-theyre-now-joined-by-one-of-the-nations-most-powerful-special-interests/

1 comment:

Terri Wagner said...

Somebody has got to break the power of the teacher's union then maybe someone will let me teach.