Got to love Obama and Duncan’s respect for California’s governor, superintendent of education and teachers:
Washington officials say the state’s position is delusional. Now that so many other states have met the administration’s demands, they say, the Education Department can’t start carving out exceptions for California. – (L.A. Times, 7/15/13)
Well, maybe D.C. is delusional? This joint letter from CTA and eight locals is the most invigorating union message I’ve seen on the topic of the CORE waiver:
“… any effort to foster ‘whole system reform’ and promote the development of ‘professional capital’ in renewing, rebuilding and transforming the public education system in California must involve and, as you note, is the responsibility of the ‘entire school community’. This must include educators and their representatives, as well as other stakeholders, in meaningful decision-making roles throughout that process, including its design, development and ultimate execution – not as an afterthought.”
Supposed to know in the next couple of weeks if the renegade CORE group gets its waiver.
Weeding the Collection 