Schools: AFT Leader Outlines Vision to Build Better Public Education System

Saying America's teachers will "lead and propose, not wait and oppose," American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten proffers a plan to "build a system of public education as it ought to be." She argues real changes can be made by focusing on good teaching, creating a curriculum that provides opportunity for students to learn, and sharing responsibility and accountability between teachers, parents and administrators. -- AFT Leader Outlines Vision to Build Better Public Education System by James Parks (AFL-CIO Now Blog 2010-07-09).

The complete text of Weingarten's proposal (pdf).