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ON THE first day of school, every child wants to know who his or her teacher is, but, according to the district's personnel chief, students in more than 100 classrooms across the city didn't get that chance yesterday. That's because 171 teachers, most of whom are tenured instructors, failed to show up for work, said human-resources chief Estelle Matthews.
Matthews said those who quit without giving 60-days' notice, which violates a statute in the Pennsylvania School Code, will not be rehired.
Last year, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said she wanted to apply stricter consequences for teachers who leave without proper notice. Matthews said no such consequences have been set.
Given the state of discipline in schools in general, they should be grateful the rest of them showed up.
Maybe the school district wasn't able to pay them the salary they felt they were entitled to receive. This happens all over the country - and unfortunately it says a whole lot about how little these teachers care about their students. It should be very disturbing to the parents of these children. Tenured or not, they should lose their jobs for this kind of behavior. There are too many qualified and unemployed teachers who would love to step in. If they are acting as a union strike they don't have to be rehired.
Personally, I think the parents should have way more say-so and control over the schools their children attend - and government should have less say-so and control over the schools.
Maybe the school district wasn't able to pay them the salary they felt they were entitled to receive. This happens all over the country - and unfortunately it says a whole lot about how little these teachers care about their students. It should be very disturbing to the parents of these children. Tenured or not, they should lose their jobs for this kind of behavior. There are too many qualified and unemployed teachers who would love to step in. If they are acting as a union strike they don't have to be rehired.
Personally, I think the parents should have way more say-so and control over the schools their children attend - and government should have less say-so and control over the schools.
Unbelievable. You'd think any teacher would care enough about the kids not to do this.
ON THE first day of school, every child wants to know who his or her teacher is, but, according to the district's personnel chief, students in more than 100 classrooms across the city didn't get that chance yesterday. That's because 171 teachers, most of whom are tenured instructors, failed to show up for work, said human-resources chief Estelle Matthews.
Matthews said those who quit without giving 60-days' notice, which violates a statute in the Pennsylvania School Code, will not be rehired.
Last year, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said she wanted to apply stricter consequences for teachers who leave without proper notice. Matthews said no such consequences have been set.
171 teachers are no-shows on first day | Philadelphia Daily News | 09/08/2010
Same thing happened last year. With so many teacher layoffs across the country, you'd think Phila. would have a glutton of applications. Why is this still happening?
It was unclear how many were unexcused temporary absences and how many were unexpected resignations.
Maybe the school district wasn't able to pay them the salary they felt they were entitled to receive. This happens all over the country - and unfortunately it says a whole lot about how little these teachers care about their students. It should be very disturbing to the parents of these children. Tenured or not, they should lose their jobs for this kind of behavior. There are too many qualified and unemployed teachers who would love to step in. If they are acting as a union strike they don't have to be rehired.
Personally, I think the parents should have way more say-so and control over the schools their children attend - and government should have less say-so and control over the schools.
Granny, there needs to be a discussion and consensus as to what schools are for, and how same should be accomplished.
There are too many mixed messages, and too may constituencies...
1. During the sixties, New York City saw a teachers strike, followed by the first ever collective bargaining contract for teachers (1962), followed by strikes and contracts in cities across the land. Teaching changed from respected vocation to public employee union, with a corresponding change from collegiality to labor vs. management between teachers and administrators.
This genie will hardly be put back in the bottle.
2. Schools have become political rather than instructional...i.e., who should control same, whether direction should be local or federal, special accomodations for each and every group and sub-group, whether the purpose of school is social or educational.
3. Should techniques be based on Dewey (Progressive) or Hirsch (traditional).
Chester Finn's book "Troublemaker" gives an excellent view of much of the background for this discussion.
Maybe the school district wasn't able to pay them the salary they felt they were entitled to receive. This happens all over the country - and unfortunately it says a whole lot about how little these teachers care about their students. It should be very disturbing to the parents of these children. Tenured or not, they should lose their jobs for this kind of behavior. There are too many qualified and unemployed teachers who would love to step in. If they are acting as a union strike they don't have to be rehired.
Personally, I think the parents should have way more say-so and control over the schools their children attend - and government should have less say-so and control over the schools.
Granny, there needs to be a discussion and consensus as to what schools are for, and how same should be accomplished.
There are too many mixed messages, and too may constituencies...
1. During the sixties, New York City saw a teachers strike, followed by the first ever collective bargaining contract for teachers (1962), followed by strikes and contracts in cities across the land. Teaching changed from respected vocation to public employee union, with a corresponding change from collegiality to labor vs. management between teachers and administrators.
This genie will hardly be put back in the bottle.
2. Schools have become political rather than instructional...i.e., who should control same, whether direction should be local or federal, special accomodations for each and every group and sub-group, whether the purpose of school is social or educational.
3. Should techniques be based on Dewey (Progressive) or Hirsch (traditional).
Chester Finn's book "Troublemaker" gives an excellent view of much of the background for this discussion.
Bull pucky! Teaching has never been considered a respected vocation in this country.
ON THE first day of school, every child wants to know who his or her teacher is, but, according to the district's personnel chief, students in more than 100 classrooms across the city didn't get that chance yesterday. That's because 171 teachers, most of whom are tenured instructors, failed to show up for work, said human-resources chief Estelle Matthews.
Matthews said those who quit without giving 60-days' notice, which violates a statute in the Pennsylvania School Code, will not be rehired.
Last year, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said she wanted to apply stricter consequences for teachers who leave without proper notice. Matthews said no such consequences have been set.
171 teachers are no-shows on first day | Philadelphia Daily News | 09/08/2010
Same thing happened last year. With so many teacher layoffs across the country, you'd think Phila. would have a glutton of applications. Why is this still happening?
Even more teachers didn't show up for the second day of school than the first, and district officials yesterday began tracking how many of them had sought approval for their absence.
The district's human-resources chief, Estelle Matthews, said that 201 teachers didn't go to work yesterday, up from 171 absences the day before.
Maybe teachers are waking up and tired of perpetuating lies to the countries youth ?ON THE first day of school, every child wants to know who his or her teacher is, but, according to the district's personnel chief, students in more than 100 classrooms across the city didn't get that chance yesterday. That's because 171 teachers, most of whom are tenured instructors, failed to show up for work, said human-resources chief Estelle Matthews.
Matthews said those who quit without giving 60-days' notice, which violates a statute in the Pennsylvania School Code, will not be rehired.
Last year, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said she wanted to apply stricter consequences for teachers who leave without proper notice. Matthews said no such consequences have been set.
171 teachers are no-shows on first day | Philadelphia Daily News | 09/08/2010
Same thing happened last year. With so many teacher layoffs across the country, you'd think Phila. would have a glutton of applications. Why is this still happening?
