Boston Teachers Union Rejects Teach For America

The Boston Globe reports:

They come from places like Harvard, Yale, and Brown, inspired to share their energy and knowledge with public school children.

But the Boston Teachers Union has a message for those eager Teach for America recruits: Thanks, but no thanks.

With the first batch of 20 corps members scheduled to arrive in the fall, just months after probable teacher layoffs, the union has sent a letter to the popular program objecting to its help.

"We already have hundreds of good, 'surplus' teachers; we don't need [Teach for America] to provide us any additional help," Richard Stutman, the union's president, wrote in a letter sent this week. "By coming here, you will only make matters worse."

You'll want to read the whole article.Some people don't want competition.