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December 21, 2009

DPS union must partner in school reform

Rochelle Riley:

Enough talk about a teacher's strike.

Enough talk about recalling Detroit Federation of Teachers president Keith Johnson, the first president the union has had in a long time who is dealing with the reality of a broke district and broken economy.

In the wake of the DFT ratifying its contract with the district, a minority of unhappy teachers has called for Johnson's head.

To that vocal minority, let me say two things:

$219 million.

84,000 children.

The first is the school district's deficit. The second is the number of children who should be at the forefront of all of our thoughts and efforts.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 21, 2009 1:23 AM
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