While I appreciate good theater, the hundreds of educators protesting in Wisconsin and elsewhere are depicting us teachers as a bunch of spoiled brats. The general public, the legislators and the governors are already abreast of the common gripes. This current spectacle at the capitols makes us seem unreasonable.
COLUMN: Amid teacher tantrums, educators' heroism is obscured
Friday, March 4, 2011 | 11:52 a.m. CST;
updated 12:10 a.m. CST, Friday, March 11, 2011
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