You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Union Wind Blows

By Larry Sand
06/14/2011
Twenty years of schooling in Los Angeles and you’re lucky if you can get any job, let alone one on the day shift. Bob Dylan penned the words in the headline (sans the union part) almost a half century ago but having been quoted by many, they live on. The latest example of the lyrics’...

TAGS: A.J. Duffy, Bill Gates, California Teachers Association, National Council on Teacher Quality, United Teachers of Los Angeles

Deasy and Duffy: The Dinosaurs Amongst Us

By Larry Sand
03/01/2011
School district and teacher union leaders need to embrace serious education reform or go the way of the Stegosaurus. My post last week concerned itself with the fact that some or even many teachers might lose their jobs come June due to the dire financial straits in which many school districts find themselves. The Los...

TAGS: A.J. Duffy, John Deasy, Los Angeles Unified School District, Programme for International Student Assessment, teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles