Chicago teachers unions out of touch as usual

[Cannon Shell]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/us...er=rss&emc=rss

So the union is up in arms over it own members taking more money in exchange to teach kids in a longer school day.

“It’s a nightmare,” said Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, who added that Mr. Emanuel lived up to his reputation for foul language in a recent meeting in his stately office at City Hall. “You expect this stuff out of Republicans.”

Oh Sorry Karen that your own teachers are interested in making 2% MORE money by TEACHING kids.

Sounds like a nightmare.


Some union leaders here had other worries about Mr. Emanuel’s true goals to begin with; even before he took office, he supported a bill in the Legislature that would make it easier to get rid of poor teachers and harder for teachers to strike. It would also give him more leeway in extending the school day.


What a nightmare, getting rid of poor teachers and teaching kids more.


On the city’s North Side, outside the Disney II Magnet Elementary School, which announced on Tuesday that it was the seventh school to choose a longer school day, parents said they were pleased with what this would mean for their children, even if they were not thrilled with the growing war between City Hall and the teachers’ union.

Somehow Riot will blame the GOP for this too...