San Antonio ~ in the wake of Waiting for Superman, the Education Manifesto and a raft of US Department of Education initiatives, TURN leaders met, Oct 22-23, to assess the damage being done to their best reform efforts, and to consider stategies for turning the unprecedented attacks and media attention into opportunities to advance the cause of teacher unions as partners in transforming education.

The central concern at the Sept 24, meeting of NE TURN - how to be proactive in the context of federal education policy initiatives - as four states in the northeast region are recipients of either Race To The Top (Massachussetts, New York, and Rhode Island) or State Incentive Grants (Maine).