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Yvonne Abraham

Old-school thinking

By Yvonne Abraham

 |  Globe Columnist  

  December 08, 2011

Talking to Boston Teachers Union chief Richard Stutman feels like chatting with a United Auto Workers rep in the days before Toyota. But it’s 2011, and a new crop of more efficient car-makers- that would be charter schools - are sucking away customers at an alarming clip. If Stutman chooses intransigence in this current round of negotiations, his schools will continue to lose students, money and jobs. Will he wake up to that reality before it’s too late?

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