Obama's minister Rev. Wright disses teachers' unions

  Well, okay, the headline is a bit misleading but we bloggers are trying to become more like the MSM every day! 
  The truth is that the teachers' unions govern policies in major cities and elsewhere. They use their political influence and financial clout from union dues to put a chokehold on what educators,policy makers and politicians can and cannot do in the classroom. 
  Millions of dollars are wasted on maintaining inadequate teachers, some of whom just sit in rubber rooms drawing salaries. In other places like Washington, D.C., over $28,000 a year is spent per student. In DC school districts, achievement scores have risen, primarily due to Michelle Rhee's influence as someone who is willing to combat the unions for control of children's learning. (In Perrysburg, it is about $9800 per student.) What 
  A good example of this is the forthcoming art film "The Lottery," which, at this time, is not scheduled to be shown anywhere in Northwest Ohio. In a hate-filled "lecture," for which some participants actually paid for college credit, one of Wright's targets is the schools. Here is what he actually said:

He said the educational system in America is designed by whites to miseducate blacks "not by benign neglect but by malignant intent.

The Lottery is about the charter school alternative and the tragedy of children who do not make it into the charter school through a lottery:

  This filmmaker began as a liberal with regard to education; she didn't stay that way after making this film. The Lottery follows 4 families as they try to get into the charter school through a lottery giving away only a few spots.
  It costs less to educate students in charter schools.
  Back to Reverend Wright. 
  As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

"Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect," Obama said.

Yet during this course -- which was described as asking, "What is the response and public witness of persons of faith to ongoing developments in both countries?" -- Wright made many statements about what he believes are the true aims of whites and Jews.

"You are not now, nor have you ever been, nor will you ever be a brother to white folk," he said. "And if you do not realize that, you are in serious trouble."

He cited the writings of Bill Jones -- author of the book "Is God a White Racist?" -- as proof that white people cannot be trusted. "Bill said, 'They just killed four of their own at Kent State. They'll step on you like a cockroach and keep on movin', cause you not a brother to them.' "