See the really big smiles of Campbell Brown and Plaintiffs as they sue teachers for due process.

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47. Campbell Brown, Rhee, Welch, and the rest of these assholes are no better than Pinkerton thugs

This is court sponsored union busting.

This is an unbelievable statement to me and I have no idea why any competent reporter (or judge) can't see what a bald face lie it is:

“Having bad teachers who can’t be removed, having a rating system which makes a mockery of a legitimate rating system for teachers, these are all systematic deprivations of the right to a sound education," said attorney Jay Lefkowitz. His firm, Kirkland and Ellis, is working pro bono for a new group called the Partnership for Educational Justice founded by former TV anchor Campbell Brown. They note that more than 90 percent of the state's teachers were rated effective or highly effective in 2012 but only 31 percent of state students were proficient on their math and reading tests in 2013.

First off, what is a 'bad' teacher? And how is it that 'bad' teachers can't be 'removed?'
How is the current system a 'mockery of a legitimate rating system?'
And how do these two things alone deprive children of the right to a sound education?

The last sentence underscores the bullshit nature of this suit; 90% of teachers may be effective and still have children that fail or are only 31% proficient for a whole host of reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with teaching. Among other things I would suggest that poverty, absent parents, overworked parents, dubious testing, stupid teaching standards crafted by lobbyists, are all much more relevant to how students 'preform' in schools.

Suits like these provide air cover for the ground game that seeks to suck public money into the coffers of corporations and the 1%.


How about this for a suggestion: Administrators from the school level to the head of a district be held liable for the test scores of students. I mean if it is a systemic problem, perhaps it is the administration of the schools that are at fault.
Who did they commission for the testing? Did they choose the correct textbooks? Were the text books up to date? What about violence? Are administrators accountable for violence in the schools?

See, if this is a 'systemic' problem perhaps a look at the system is in order, not just bullshit scapegoating.