Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said the plan appears to place all the responsibility on teachers, but gives them "zero percent authority."

VOA: special.2010.03.18

The recommendations were criticised by the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.5 million teachers.

BBC: NRA calls for armed guards in US schools

The American Federation of Teachers, the more reform-minded of America's two main teachers' unions, has lambasted the proposal.

ECONOMIST: Barack Obama��s plan to overhaul No Child Left Behind

The dead one is Al Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter