I would like to read the evidence. Can you provide a reference?

Thank you

As to your perception of my “liberal Democrat bias” I would only say that there are very few liberal democrats left in Washington that meet my standards and trust me, Barak Obama and Arne Duncan are not among that diminishing circle. If you look at the posts I have written
on Duncan over the past year I have been critical without bombast. Over the last seven years, I believe that I was just as critical of Arne Duncan’s predecessors Rod Paige and Margaret Spellings. It’s been a long time now since anti-unionism has been the exclusive province of one party or the other. That is true in the United States as it is in Britain since Tony Blair and New Labor, and most recently the labor government in Australia, which looks to Joel Kline and New York City for guiding its “get tough” education reform efforts.

At the risk of appearing defensive after 40 years of experience as a teacher and union activist, I understand all too well that “this is about teachers and their students”, but thank you for reminding me.
Finally, I don’t think anger has ever served me well in my writing, my teaching or my life, but passion is another matter. There’s no shortage of anger on the education blogosphere if that is where your appetite leads you. I will try harder to ensure that my passion finds expression
in my writing.

Thanks for taking time to comment. Let’s hope that others join the conversation.

“Whether the Central Falls situation could be repeated in Connecticut is unlikely. Labor law is complex. Connecticut statutes have a long history – one that is influenced by years of case law. Add to that reality the fact that federal school reform law is just emerging and, in some instances, apparently contradictory. Certainly, no one would want to wager that Central Falls will happen here. It would be degrading, enormously disruptive, and yield nothing for school improvement.”

@Guy – Bob really is a nice guy. I’ll let him respond himself though, if he so chooses.

Saying you “…hope that he recants his comment …” is sure being a real nice fellow. Hope it gets you some where. Is it because his boss is seen by the political left, NEA, and CEA as the ‘anointed’ one , mr. hope, mr. ‘yes we can’, mr. change? Would you use the same nice language in your BLOG if it were the Republican Secretary of Education supporting the Central Falls School Board?

Bob, your liberal Democratic Party bias bleeds through on this one . You should be slamming Duncan, Obama, and the past Bush administration boys for their ignorant stand on the RI situation and on public education in general. It should not matter which political party is in power supporting this anti-union , anti-teacher action of the Central Falls, RI school board. Get fired up and find that angry pen. This is about teachers and their students!