Lecturer Ann Robertson: Teacher Unions Default on the Fightback

COUNTERPUNCH -- Philosophy Lecturer Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer write an opinion article on teacher unions “defaulting on the fightback.” “Public education in the U.S. is facing what Diane Ravitch, former assistant in the Department of Education, has called ‘an unprecedented time in American history’ where schools are facing ‘a radical, extreme break with the past’ because of a ‘direct attack on public education,’” they write.