Renegade Teacher has worked in both charter schools and public schools (where he is now).
In this post, he urges his fellow teachers in Michigan to rise up against a penny-pinching governor and legislature:
We must rise up in Michigan, where we teachers sacrificed when times were hard in the mid-2000s. But now that the economy is humming along again and Governor Rick Snyder has made sure to keep taxes on the rich nice and low, it is time to fight for our livelihood so that we can do what we love: teach kids (and cut down on our side-hustles). We will use this time as an opportunity to have an honest conversation about the sexism and disrespect that has led to the de-professionalization of teaching, we will use this time to reclaim our 12.1% pay cut over 15 years, and we will fight the idea that worthless test scores be tied to 40% of teacher evaluations starting in 2018-2019. It is our time in Michigan to take to the streets, to tell our stories and of our hardships, and to march on Lansing and tell Rick Snyder and the legislature to hear our cries for school funding and personal livelihood. As much as Donald Trump, Chris Christie, or believers of the sexist ‘charitable calling’ conception of teachers would disagree, we have earned our right to be respected professionals. Now, we must band together to claim that right.
Who is listening?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
We’ve been supporting “Red 4 Ed” in Arizona.
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It is tragic that way too oft en the only way for progress to occur is to fight for rights. Whether civil rights, women voting – name it – if people do not stand up for rights the rich and powerful will subject them to 2nd class or much worse citizenry/ From my point of view teachers must first fight for the rights of our children for a “real” education, education which conforms to the best of human thought, not political injections of lesser idealism..
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YES. I would only add the word parents to your call to arms: PARENTS and teachers must fight for the rights of our children…
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I wholeheartedly agree. Parents are our greatest allies.
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I’m afraid Gordon is right. The rich and powerful will take whatever we are willing to give up. If we want some control over our lives, we are going to have to fight for it. As long as we remain silent/passive, we will be subject to top-down, authoritarian management both at work and in society.
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