Based on my observations of the behavior of the UFT (the New York chapter of the national teacher's union) when I was in high school in the late 1990s, the anti

Based on my observations of the behavior of the UFT (the New York chapter of the national teacher's union) when I was in high school in the late 1990s, the anti-union response is absolutely on-target. http://educationnext.org/files/ednext20033_20.pdf http://educationnext.org/files/ednext20033_20.pdf Most importantly, read the section "The Case of Iftimie Simion". I was lucky enough to have been one of Simion's students, and can attest to his stellar talent. I also saw some of the fireworks that erupted between the principal and the UFT representative — they don't exactly keep students well-informed, but I knew all the parties involved, and believe that the facts of the story are completely true.