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In reply to the discussion: Why is it the *GREEN* Party Understands Ed Issues and the DEM Party Does Not? [View all]Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)>>>When the decision was issued Tuesday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu who stayed his own decision pending appeal school reformers who have long been trying to weaken teachers unions were thrilled. Duncan praised the decision, saying in a statement:
For students in California and every other state, equal opportunities for learning must include the equal opportunity to be taught by a great teacher. The students who brought this lawsuit are, unfortunately, just nine out of millions of young people in America who are disadvantaged by laws, practices and systems that fail to identify and support our best teachers and match them with our neediest students. Todays court decision is a mandate to fix these problems. Together, we must work to increase public confidence in public education. This decision presents an opportunity for a progressive state with a tradition of innovation to build a new framework for the teaching profession that protects students rights to equal educational opportunities while providing teachers the support, respect and rewarding careers they deserve.>>>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/06/15/arne-duncan-issues-new-statement-with-the-right-lessons-from-vergara-trial/
The "why" is that the decision he praised ( Vergara) ended tenure in Cal. and thereby, in his view, made possible all the great things in paragraph 2.