You must be kidding? I know you follow education but you must not pay attention to what is happening if you are claiming it is a 'right wing wedge issue'? Since when did education become a wedge issue? Go watch 'Waiting for Superman' and see what DEMOCRAT Michelle Ree had to go through trying to make improvements in the Washington D.C. schools and the teachers union fighting her every step of the way.
'Right wing wedge issue'? Come on now...
Yep, unions representing teachers who wanted to retain tenure.
Tenure is like term limits for Congress, good luck getting rid of it.
Tenure unfortunately protects the bad teachers along with the good.
When you vilify unions you vilify teachers whom unions represent, people try to seperated the two, but you just can't. Teachers vote for what issues they want and unions represent these teachers.