[lbo-talk] Teacher Morale

[Carrol Cox]

Action -- almost any fucking action, is needed to snap teachers out of their
depression. It's happened to some extent in Chicago, where leftists were
elected to leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union. Perhaps teachers need a
sprinkling of Jerry  Rubins; he was an asshole, but he helped get things
going by appearing before HUAC wearing the uniform of a member of the
Continental Army. It takes that sort of thing to get up human courage.

Carrol

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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Teacher Morale

Carrol: "Did someone  on this list claim that parents would not
support a campaign
focused on teacher support -- and only on  teacher support?"

[WS:] It is a mixed bag.  On the one hand, parents can blame teachers
for the problems of their kids, but on the other - support teachers
against administration.  Oftentimes the same individuals can do both
on different occasions.  The DC case can be illustrative - there was a
lot of blame put on DC teachers by parents, but when Rhee arbitrarily
sacked 270 teachers, parents supported the teachers not Rhee.

I guess a critical factor here is organizing.  Currently, the debate
about education system is defined by the corporate media, the
political class and neoliberal think tanks.  That needs to be
countered by grass root  organizing.  Maryland does relatively  well
in this respect, but other states probably not.

Wojtek
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