Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh has an article praising mayoral candidate John Connolly for defying the city's teachers union:
given the way the teachers' union has behaved under Stutman's stewardship, receiving its imprimatur is akin to having a highly visible vampire bite on one's neck....Bostonians should want mayoral and City Council candidates who, like Connolly, put the interests of students and their families above those of the teachers' union.
Finally, voters should look skeptically at whichever candidate ends up with the union's backing. Absent compelling evidence to the contrary, that endorsement should be taken as a sign that the candidate in question isn't strong enough on education reform.