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Union watch.(correspondence)(Letter to the editor)
Linda Seebach ("Same Old, Same Old," features, Winter 2009) asserts that new leadership at both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) signifies no change in these organizations' policies or positions, a situation she finds untenable. The new national presidents have only been in office since July. Let's give them a little time before declaring their administrations moribund.
Ms. Seebach does point out at least one change that AFT president Randi Weingarten is advocating--community schools. While the author ridicules the idea, and it is true, Ms. Weingarten's maiden speech did not provide detail (yes, the devil is often in the details), the idea has considerable saliency among significant segments of the education and policy communites.
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