Do I need to stab myself in the kidney to know knives can hurt? No I'd rather just assume it will. Now that we're done with the useless banter.
Teacher's unions have made it incredibly difficult to get rid of bad teachers. While there are some teachers who are dedicated to the profession, more and more get in because that was the only thing available to them. Who holds them accountable?
If you create a competitive situation where better schools can be easily identified, students will be able to identify them and head in that direction - assuming their parents are involved.
Not saying that all teachers and systems are like this but MANY of them are.
-Rudey
--Oh hey why don't I make 45K, work a 9 to 5, have incredible job protection, and get an entire summer off because that'd be wonderful.
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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Ever been a teacher, Rudey?
My wife taught high school for a few years and worked her butt off, about 12 hrs. a day during the week and four or five hours on each weekend day between lesson plans and grading papers, etc.
Her father was on a school board, and her grandfather on the state school board.
The only complaint I ever heard from them about this was when the Federal or State government mandated programs, but gave them no funds to implement them.
If you are lucky and your district is able to pass bond issues, etc., that's not so bad, but when you're in a poor district that votes all of those issues down -- educations suffers.
It makes zero sense to me to punish a school that is below standards (whatever "standards" are) by taking away it's funds. That's counterproductive in the worst way. It just makes the school worse. It also punishes the good students in those schools.
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