{"id":3296,"date":"2014-09-29T01:20:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T06:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:58:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:58:26","slug":"educational-leadership-is-saying-hell-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3296","title":{"rendered":"Educational Leadership is Saying, &#8220;Hell No!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How much more abuse are public school educators willing to accept? Where is all of the\u00a0nation-strangling reform-stopping teacher union power that demagogues rail against at election time?<\/p>\n<p>When is enough enough? How can we expect you to stand between defenseless kids and the madness when you won&#8217;t even defend your paycheck, pride, or liberty? Deborah Meier is fond of saying, &#8220;Teacher working conditions\u00a0<em>are<\/em> student learning conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>America doesn&#8217;t need fewer unionized teachers it needs more. We don&#8217;t need weaker unions, we need to replace the Vichy leadership and get tough. \u00a0We needsmore strikes too. How many kids have to die in Philadelphia schools before teachers walk out?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You want to steal my pension? Shut the sucka down.<\/li>\n<li>You want to deny me due process rights? I hope you know how to work the ditto machine<\/li>\n<li>You want to slash the school budget to a dangerous level? The kids and I will be in the street.<\/li>\n<li>You want me to spend several months each year proctoring standardized tests? I&#8217;ll be in my car.<\/li>\n<li>Want to replace teachers with YouTube videos? I&#8217;ll trip over the power cord.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know, most of you reading this are Americans. Ronald Reagan taught you that going out on strike makes Jesus weep and the evil doers win.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8221;ve been working across Australia for decades and have gained a different perspective on teachers and protest. 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