Lindsay Beyerstein over at Majikthise has a post about a NYC public school teacher fired for union organizing. The whole charter school thing is a favorite of those on the right who really want to abandon the public school system entirely. The lousy treatment of teachers is only one reason to oppose charter schools.
Ever since the Fall of 2003 when Bruce Ratner’s plan to purchase the New Jersey Nets and house them in a $485 million arena designed by Frank Gehry as the centerpiece of a $2.5 billion residential and commercial development in, of all places Downtown Brooklyn, there has been a crescendo of Fuhgeddaboutits. Fuhgeddaboutit is the local version of Not In My BackYard (NIMBY).
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