Public School’s Reporting
The May 14, Boston Globe article, “We Need It, but Who’ll Pay for a Longer School Day?” by Scot Lehigh, engages once again in reporting and editorializing which belittles and denies the rights of educators to just decisions on their working conditions.
The misinterpretation of research on charter and public schools is absolutely unconscionable and occurs over and over in the Globe. The paper needs to be called to account for such behavior and hear loud and clear that in this city and this state the bottom line must be honest information and balanced reporting.
There are many points to be disputed in this article but the worst seems to be that Mr. Lehigh believes that the teachers in the most challenged schools in the city should voluntarily give up their rights to fair compensation for their work and instead work for free for the equivalent of more than 62 additional days.
Ann O’Halloran, CPS Board Member, Legislative Chair, retired teacher
Categories: Public Education
