Is the LA Teachers Union

actually trying to help teachers or will it fold, like teacher associations are known to do, over the stupid "reforms" being forced on them?

Who the hell knows? I don't trust teachers unions to do right by their members.

The Los Angeles teachers union is seeking a court order to halt key initiatives favored by the new L.A. schools superintendent, the Board of Education and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

If successful, the legal action would suspend pilot testing of a new evaluation system that would use students' scores on standardized tests as one measure of teacher effectiveness.