Education policy expert Jay Greene addresses this phenomenon in The Army of
Angry Teachers which was posted on Education Matters, his own blog, and elsewhere last week.
Not exact matches
Public employee unions were
angry with the governor for reducing pensions benefits for new workers, and
teachers were upset over a property tax cap,
which impacts school budgets, and test - based evaluations.
A small but loud and
angry faction of
teachers and advocates on the political left want the NEA and the AFT to be more aggressive in resisting those efforts,
which they associate with the Obama administration.
Her comments,
which drew repeated applause throughout, clearly outlined her concerns about the
angry assault public education is facing but did not provide suggestions for any middle ground between critics and defenders of American public schools and
teachers.
At a recent town hall
which Bobb had called so he could go over his plan,
angry students, parents, and
teachers drove him from the meeting.
The activists who packed the room were especially
angry over a part of the bill that institutes the Florida Sheriff's Marshal Program, under
which teachers and administrators would be allowed to carry firearms in school.