McClatchy’s September 19th article, Teachers find Obama not the friend they had expected, by Rob Hotakainen contains a common mistake that undermines the public’s understanding of education reform. Hotakainen points out that both the California NAACP and local Hispanic groups — groups that are traditionally on the side of unions — have supported recent moves to increase state funding for privately operated schools and instituting merit pay for teachers. He then claims that this is causing “teachers” to feel beset by all sides, left and right.

The nation’s public school teachers are feeling the squeeze from all sides these days, and

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