Choices For Teachers And Unions

Teachers’ unions encounter difficult choices

Laura DeFranco loves her new job teaching math. It took her more than 100 interviews and seven years to finally land a job as a teacher. Now, she’s afraid she might lose it. DeFranco, 32, teaches fifth- and sixth-graders in the Rome City School District’s Academic Intervention Services program. She working with students who didn’t do well enough on the annual exams.