The Cincinnati Enquirer August 9, 2010 editorial: “CPS board, teacher union impasse must end,” credits Strive with trying to bring labor and management together in contract negotiations. Strive called for public support at the Cincinnati Public School board meeting Monday night.
“Strive is striving to be diplomatic and even-handed. In a letter on Friday, the organization urged public support for both CPS and CFT, and offered warm, encouraging words to both sides.”
In a follow-up article after the meeting, “Teachers union blames district for lack of contract,” the Enquirer stated that “at issue is education reform. The district wants more flexibility to move good teachers to low-performing schools and make other building-level changes to improve students’ academics. The union says it wants reform too, but wants teachers to have more of a say in those changes. It also takes issue with district-proposed changes that it says would gut teacher evaluation and training programs.”
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It’s amazing that public education is still trying to adopt the lessons that other knowledge workers learned and adopted in the early 80′s, and that most factories adopted in the 90′s.
For a great read of how flexible urban districts work to improve urban (often Black) youth’s chances, readers will love G. Grant’s Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh.