Responding to Diane Ravitch, Randi Weingarten, & others on education, democracy, and unions
Monday?s post, ?Dealing with disingenuous teachers unions: There are no shortcuts,? sparked a wave of discussion and criticism?which, let?s face it, is every writer?s hope. But I wasn?t just trying to be provocative; we at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute strongly believe that issues of governance and politics have been too often ignored in the education reform debate. We?re happy to help put these issues at the top of the policy agenda. In fact, we?ve teamed up with the Center for American Progress on a three-year project to do exactly that. (Join us on December 1st in Washington, D.C.?or online?for a groundbreaking conference on the topic.)