Whitney Tilson's School Reform Blog: The UFT’s Conspiracy Theories

Two blog postings by Randi's right-hand man, Leo Casey, who spells out his union's wild conspiracy theories and implacable hatred of all non-union charter schools. First, here are two rebuttals, the first by Tom Carroll:

The United Federation of Teacher's Leo Casey – in two recent blog entries on its edwize.org blog (The Charter Challenge and We Were Born – It Just Wasn't Yesterday) – tackles the subject of charter schools and what he perceives as "right wing" influence in its ranks.

Leo, although feverish at times, is a nice guy, so I thought I would give his arguments serious thought and offer my response. Peter Murphy of the New York Charter Schools Association responds elsewhere (Living in Make-Believe – and Malice)

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