A report on National Teachers Unions and the Struggle Over School Reform, issued July 4, 2009 concludesOver the last decade the national leaders of the National Education Association and the American Federal of Teachers havew made their unions implacable foes of laws and policies designed to improve public education to disagvantaged students. Was it education maven Bill Bennett?  Maybe cultural critic Lynne Cheney?  The Heritage Foundation?  Some conservative bloggers?  Then there is this:In their attacks on education reform, the national unions have often been unconstrained by considerations of propriety and fairness.  They have sought to inject weakening amendments to appropriations bills, hoping they would prevail if no hearings were held or the public was unaware of their efforts.  They have used the courts to launch an attack on education reform, employing arguments that could imperil many federal assistance programs going...(Read Full Post)