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Assistant Middle School Director, Lakeside School (Seattle, WA).

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Left and Right Join Forces to Fight School Changes

June 2, 2014 by Jamie Asaka

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On the surface, Emily Mitchell and Rick Womick are complete opposites.  She is a democratic elementary school teacher who is the president of the Tennessee Education Association—the state’s largest teacher’s union.  He, on the other hand, is a conservative Tennessee State Representative.  However, according to an article recently completed by The New York Times, these two, and many other left and right wing opponents, are teaming up to fight policies trying to force themselves into the public education system. [Read more…] about Left and Right Join Forces to Fight School Changes

Filed Under: Education Policy Tagged With: Common Core standards, Education Politics, Emily Mitchell, Rick Womick

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