American Federation of Teachers has already decided its members want common core
New York's UFT members have been invited to join the AFT crowd in Detroit...the ones who will sign a statement pledging to not get in the way of the misleaders' steamrolling of the resolution to to make Common Core endorsement official. From NYC Educator:
. . .the only UFT members at the convention will be those who've signed a paper agreeing never to disagree with the Unity position [including resolution in support of Common Core] in public. That's hardly representative of working teachers, and hardly helpful to us.
Seems the vote is just a formality anyway, since Randi has already sunk millions in dues money for Common Core resources, way ahead of any vote. Hey Randi and the Boys don't need no stinkin' vote.
Steve Sawchuck reported in June that AFT had partnered with a British corporation to offer Common Core Prep (see "AFT Partners With Private Firm to Provide Common Standards Resources"
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The American Federation of Teachers and British publishing firm TSL Education have invested $10 million together in an online repository of lesson plans, tools, and supports aligned to the Common Core State Standards. The union hopes it will become the premier destination for teachers seeking to align their instruction with the new student expectations.
And the AFT website has this resolution for anyone to read who could not get the clear idea of AFT's intent...
AFT Resolutions
A COMMON CORE: HIGH STANDARDS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL SCHOOL
WHEREAS, the American Federation of Teachers and its member unions have historically and consistently promoted a public education system that offers all children—irrespective of neighborhood, race, class or cultural heritage—a high, common standard for what they are expected to learn and be able to do; and... etc, etc, more bullshit, etc...
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/07/why-is-aft-investing-millions-for.html
