blimpo
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Teachers unions protect bad teachers even when the parents really want to do something.
Definition of 'bad teacher' = a teacher that gives little Jethro a 'D' or 'F'.
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Teachers unions protect bad teachers even when the parents really want to do something.
Well the Libs have a way to fix this.
Spend more money on education...
Now there's a shock.
Teachers unions have nothing to do with america being dumb. parents need only to look into the mirror for the problem.
Going on strike and demanding changes is not protecting the status quo.
Going on strike and demanding changes is not protecting the status quo.
the only change they want is less responsibility for producing the dumbest kids in the world and higher pay!!
Republicans want vouchers and competition so that every day everyone is pressured to do better and better until our kids are the best, not the Democratic worst in the world!!.
Going on strike and demanding changes is not protecting the status quo.
the only change they want is less responsibility for producing the dumbest kids in the world and higher pay!!
Republicans want vouchers and competition so that every day everyone is pressured to do better and better until our kids are the best, not the Democratic worst in the world!!.
What's Happening With the Chicago Teacher Strike, Explained | Mother JonesWhy are the teachers striking? The Chicago Teachers Union is looking for a contract that includes the following (information courtesy of Gadlin):
Pay Fairness: "CTU seeks a fairer distribution of pay [i.e. higher compensation for teachers] and to preserve the schedule for career advancement established 45 years ago in the Union's first labor contract."
Protection of Benefits: "Maintain our existing benefits and sick days without increasing the contribution rate [how much teachers have to pay out-of-pocket for health care]."
Fair Evaluation Procedure: "The Chicago Public Schools' proposed evaluation procedures could result in 6,000 teachers, or nearly a third of all CPS teachers, facing discharge within one or two years. It places too much emphasis on standardized test scores, which diminishes children’s education and punishes teachers unfairly." In other words, teacher performance will be judged by standardized test scores.
Teacher Training: "Chicago Public Schools is imposing a new curriculum at all schools and a strict evaluation system. Teachers have asked for more training, but CPS proposes no increase, or in some cases decreased, teacher training."
Timetable for air conditioning: "Teachers insist that Chicago Public Schools agree to a reasonable timetable to install air conditioning in student classrooms. In July and August, students sit in sweltering 98-degree heat." (In case you're wondering what students are doing in a classroom during the summer, Chicago has implemented some year-round public schools.)
The union is also looking for a fair recall procedure for laid off teachers and fair compensation for a longer school year.
Chicago public schools have been around for a long long time. In that time Chicago has been hiring new teachers, teachers not in a union, teachers without tenure, yet it sounds like they hire teachers unsuited for the job. Even then, half the teachers leave in a five year period.
Instead of turning over merit pay to the students to decide or to circumstances beyond a teacher's control perhaps the city should create better hiring practices.
Chicago public schools have been around for a long long time. In that time Chicago has been hiring new teachers, teachers not in a union, teachers without tenure, yet it sounds like they hire teachers unsuited for the job. Even then, half the teachers leave in a five year period.
Instead of turning over merit pay to the students to decide or to circumstances beyond a teacher's control perhaps the city should create better hiring practices.
I'm interested, how do you conclude that they're hiring unsuitable teachers?
Chicago public schools have been around for a long long time. In that time Chicago has been hiring new teachers, teachers not in a union, teachers without tenure, yet it sounds like they hire teachers unsuited for the job. Even then, half the teachers leave in a five year period.
Instead of turning over merit pay to the students to decide or to circumstances beyond a teacher's control perhaps the city should create better hiring practices.
Chicago public schools have been around for a long long time. In that time Chicago has been hiring new teachers, teachers not in a union, teachers without tenure, yet it sounds like they hire teachers unsuited for the job. Even then, half the teachers leave in a five year period.
Instead of turning over merit pay to the students to decide or to circumstances beyond a teacher's control perhaps the city should create better hiring practices.
a classroom generates about $400,000 in revenue. If it was used to pay teachers( rather than wasted by liberals) they could hire the best in the world and our kids would be the smartest in the world instead of the most liberal and dumbest in the world.[/QUOTe
Before you go can you define the word "dumb," by dumb do you mean low intelligence, uneducated, loss of voice or other?
Chicago public schools have been around for a long long time. In that time Chicago has been hiring new teachers, teachers not in a union, teachers without tenure, yet it sounds like they hire teachers unsuited for the job. Even then, half the teachers leave in a five year period.
Instead of turning over merit pay to the students to decide or to circumstances beyond a teacher's control perhaps the city should create better hiring practices.
a classroom generates about $400,000 in revenue. If it was used to pay teachers( rather than wasted by liberals) they could hire the best in the world and our kids would be the smartest in the world instead of the most liberal and dumbest in the world.
You might be right.Chicago public schools have been around for a long long time. In that time Chicago has been hiring new teachers, teachers not in a union, teachers without tenure, yet it sounds like they hire teachers unsuited for the job. Even then, half the teachers leave in a five year period.
Instead of turning over merit pay to the students to decide or to circumstances beyond a teacher's control perhaps the city should create better hiring practices.
I'm interested, how do you conclude that they're hiring unsuitable teachers?
Well if the teachers are on strike and half of the new teachers leave within a five year period, it doesn't sound like a happy marriage. By this time the district should have enough experience to know what kind of teacher fits into their programs and hire those teachers. New teachers, while probably having some inkling as to what they want in a teaching job, do not have the years of experience as to job selection. It seems the burden is on the district's hiring practices. But there is undoubtably problems that we are not even aware of and these problems may be the ones that require attempts to remedy. It may even be a clash of cultures?
Most importantly, the innovators at the helm of an economy come from the top quarter of students. While the United States has a dismal track-record of inequality, we treat our brightest minds quite well. The “average test scores are mostly irrelevant as a measure of economic potential,” write Hal Salzman & Lindsay Lowell in the prestigious journal, Nature, “To produce leading-edge technology, one could argue that it is the numbers of high-performing students that is most important in the global economy.”
Why Its Never Mattered That Americas Schools Lag Behind Other Countries
Most importantly, the innovators at the helm of an economy come from the top quarter of students. While the United States has a dismal track-record of inequality, we treat our brightest minds quite well. The average test scores are mostly irrelevant as a measure of economic potential, write Hal Salzman & Lindsay Lowell in the prestigious journal, Nature, To produce leading-edge technology, one could argue that it is the numbers of high-performing students that is most important in the global economy.
Why Its Never Mattered That Americas Schools Lag Behind Other Countries | TechCrunch
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I'm glad you're retired, given your attitude toward education.