WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, applauded today’s announcement by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that he will convene a national conference on how labor-management collaboration at the state and local level has advanced education reform. The conference will include the presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers.
“I applaud today’s announcement by Secretary Duncan and the presidents of the NEA and AFT, that they will come together to continue the national conversation on moving our nation’s education system forward and the critical role that teachers play in this effort. We all agree that education reform is key to our economic future and it will take everyone working together to fix this broken system on behalf of schoolchildren. Many local districts and unions are already leading the way by showing that real and sustained education reform is most successful when all stakeholders – including teachers – have a seat at the table. This is because after parents, teachers are the single most important factor in affecting student achievement. It is important that reform be done in collaboration with teachers, not just imposed on teachers.”
“I applaud today’s announcement by Secretary Duncan and the presidents of the NEA and AFT, that they will come together to continue the national conversation on moving our nation’s education system forward and the critical role that teachers play in this effort. We all agree that education reform is key to our economic future and it will take everyone working together to fix this broken system on behalf of schoolchildren. Many local districts and unions are already leading the way by showing that real and sustained education reform is most successful when all stakeholders – including teachers – have a seat at the table. This is because after parents, teachers are the single most important factor in affecting student achievement. It is important that reform be done in collaboration with teachers, not just imposed on teachers.”
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