Yesterday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated that teachers’ unions could play an integral role in solving many of the challenges facing American public schools at a two-day labor-management conference in Denver. Teachers’ union leaders from over 150 districts across the nation came to Denver to discuss ways of working together.
The conference comes at a time when thousands of districts are facing their most severe budget cuts in a generation, and union contracts calling for layoffs based on seniority could force many districts to dismiss their most energetic young teachers.
Read the full article at The New York Times
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