Urgent lesson for education schools . Not in today's schools. Where the No.1 union stands. A governor's quest for quality teaching. Elite recruits lead the way.
Demand grows for alternitive certification.
As president of the National Education Association, Bob Chase heads one of the most powerful unions in the nation. In a landmark February 1997 speech, he challenged the notion that unions would sacrifice the quality of public schools for the rights of teachers. Mr. Chase's new unionism called on the NEA's 2.4 million members to take more responsibility for their profession, including counseling poor teachers out of the classroom. He spoke with the Monitor about revitalizing public schools. Ignorance on the part of some affects all, and public schools must have the responsibility of making sure that all students have the chance of being something other than ignorant.