BLOG POST: Dean Feuer On the Chicago Teachers' Strike

On his blog, Class Notes, Dean Michael Feuer offers thoughts on the Chicago teachers' strike:

There are enough smart people expressing their strong views about the causes and effects of the Chicago strike that I hesitate to clutter the blogosphere with additional commentary.  But I do want to share a few thoughts: 1) My sense is that the strike was symptomatic of a deep problem in American education, which I would summarize as the demise of trust brought on by the accountability movement that may have run amok.