Indiana, Wisconsin, and a few other states are in the middle of some pretty hot state legislation regarding collective bargaining. One of the professions that this includes is teachers. I have only been out of the classroom for 2 years and was an active member of our teacher's union, which was an affiliate of the National Teachers Association. It would be fair to say that I feel pretty strongly about the topic, and while I don't want to go on and on about it, I do want to share some opinion articles I found on CNN.com that I thought were spot-on. I posted them on Facebook, but if you didn't catch them there, here they are again. I really thought they explained it well without too much political mumbo jumbo. (both are by the same author: Diane Ravitch)
- Why America's teachers are enraged
- To my critics: Teachers deserve rights (a rebuttal to comments from the first article)
"If the voices of their teachers are silenced, who will stand up for students?"
EDITED TO ADD:
And, for another perspective that only he can add... May I give you Stephen Colbert:
"Those freeloaders with their cushy state jobs - like snow plow operators, prison guards, and teachers. Oh, they’re always driving around, lording their ’93 Nissan Sentras over everybody." -- Stephen Colbert
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