Democrats, teachers unions now divided on many issues

Perhaps the best article (from the USA Today) I've read about the DFER event in Denver last week and the new thinking in the Democratic Party on education reform:

A funny thing happened to the Democratic Party on the way to an education platform: The party has visibly split with teachers unions, its longtime allies, on key issues.

The ink is barely dry on the official document, which outlines the party's guiding principles, but it shows that in this fall's general election, Democrats will stake out a few positions that unions have long opposed.

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Democrats, teachers unions now divided on many issues

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-09-02-democrats-teachers-unions_N.htm

 

A funny thing happened to the Democratic Party on the way to an education platform: The party has visibly split with teachers unions, its longtime allies, on key issues.