-“Nearly three decades after A Nation at Risk, the groundbreaking report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education… the gains we have made in improving our schools are negligible—even though we have doubled our spending (in inflation-adjusted dollars) on K–12 public education.”
– “On America’s latest exams (the National Assessment of Educational Progress), one-third or fewer of eighth-grade students were proficient in math, science, or reading.”
-“Our high-school graduation rate continues to hover just shy of 70 percent, according to a 2010 report by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center”
Tuthill, Dough. “Wishing for Progressive Teachers Union.” http://www.redefinedonline.org/2012/12/wishing-for-a-progressive-teachers-union/ (accessed 5/9/13, 2013).
– “Teachers unions are an important vehicle through which teachers can make their voices heard and impact political decision making, but they have historically been conservative and resistant to change.” (Dough Tuthill, former teacher, and union president)
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