Teacher Tenure Reform and School Choice

[longknife]

A plan by Gov Jindal that will go absolutely nowhere – even though it's the best way to get our current education system out of its rut. Unions will fight it tooth and nail – and many politicians will fall in line, afraid of losing their campaign contributions.


The “K-12 Education Reform” can be read @ http://americanext.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/America-Next-K-12-Education-Reform.pdf


Here are the three main principles:


Allowing education dollars to “follow the child,” meaning to be used as parents and families deem best inside or outside conventional “government schools” — and including online learning and homeschooling.


Reforming teacher tenure laws: “We must get out of the mode of paying teachers for how long they have been breathing. … Good teachers need to be rewarded, and underperforming teachers need to be put on notice, and ultimately dismissed if they do not improve.”


Rejecting the “national curriculum” created by Common Core education standards and returning education decisions to the local level: “It’s bad enough that the federal government has begun tying compliance with Common Core to federal funds, but once you see the methods and the homework that accompanies Common Core, the verdict is in: Common Core must go.”

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Public schools are the best thing for America, it's where you learn to get along with other Americans.
Unions represent teachers, who should be paid much better, then tenure can go.
Common Core requires one to think, which is why many Americans fear it.

 

[JFK_USA]

So you want to eliminate the only benefit teachers really get in the US system? That sounds like a plan.

And do we REALLY want locals in Louisiana to teach history? Yeah I bet they will have a favorable view on slavery and segregation in that aspect. If you want to be homeschooled, that's okay. But they must take the aptitude tests that all students must take and you still have to pay taxes to the school district from which you are in. You still live in that community and you still have to support the community structure.

I don't where this idea of defunding public schools makes educaton better in this country.

 

[longknife]

Did you even bother to read the links?

 

[Jarlaxle]

Of course not.

 

[jwoodie]

So you want to eliminate the only benefit teachers really get in the US system?

Their only "benefit" is that they can't get fired for poor performance in the classroom? How does this "benefit" their students?

 

[Mr. H.]

California Court Strikes Down Teacher Tenure Unions Howl - US News

Opponents view tenure as a free-pass from accountability for low-quality teachers and nine student plaintiffs made that argument in a lawsuit, Vergara v. California, alleging unprepared and incompetent teachers were savaging their students’ potential.

 

[Staidhup]

Only a very naive individual would conclude our current educational system is meeting the needs of the student and country. Other than private and charter schools the balance remaining in public education are being short changed.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Only a very naive individual would conclude our current educational system is meeting the needs of the student and country. Other than private and charter schools the balance remaining in public education are being short changed.

Pure ideology, no facts.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Only a very naive individual would conclude our current educational system is meeting the needs of the student and country. Other than private and charter schools the balance remaining in public education are being short changed.

Pure ideology, no facts.

Just like your comments

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Only a very naive individual would conclude our current educational system is meeting the needs of the student and country. Other than private and charter schools the balance remaining in public education are being short changed.

Pure ideology, no facts.

Just like your comments

No, the Public Schools have lots of issues but they aren't failing. That is ideology, like saying that all the charter schools are failing when that's also not true.

 

[bodecea]

A plan by Gov Jindal that will go absolutely nowhere – even though it's the best way to get our current education system out of its rut. Unions will fight it tooth and nail – and many politicians will fall in line, afraid of losing their campaign contributions.


The “K-12 Education Reform” can be read @ http://americanext.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/America-Next-K-12-Education-Reform.pdf


Here are the three main principles:


Allowing education dollars to “follow the child,” meaning to be used as parents and families deem best inside or outside conventional “government schools” — and including online learning and homeschooling.


Reforming teacher tenure laws: “We must get out of the mode of paying teachers for how long they have been breathing. … Good teachers need to be rewarded, and underperforming teachers need to be put on notice, and ultimately dismissed if they do not improve.”


Rejecting the “national curriculum” created by Common Core education standards and returning education decisions to the local level: “It’s bad enough that the federal government has begun tying compliance with Common Core to federal funds, but once you see the methods and the homework that accompanies Common Core, the verdict is in: Common Core must go.”

I am a strong, very strong believer in school choice for our public school system. Schools should have the complete power, without fear of losing funds, to pick and choose what students they will accept or keep.

 

[bodecea]

Only a very naive individual would conclude our current educational system is meeting the needs of the student and country. Other than private and charter schools the balance remaining in public education are being short changed.

The Public School system has been and always will be the Default position for education. That means....ALL children of parents who don't give a damn about their child's education or even their day to day feeding and welfare will be in the public school system. It is just what it's going to be.

 

[The Rabbi]

So you want to eliminate the only benefit teachers really get in the US system? That sounds like a plan.

And do we REALLY want locals in Louisiana to teach history? Yeah I bet they will have a favorable view on slavery and segregation in that aspect. If you want to be homeschooled, that's okay. But they must take the aptitude tests that all students must take and you still have to pay taxes to the school district from which you are in. You still live in that community and you still have to support the community structure.

I don't where this idea of defunding public schools makes educaton better in this country.

They dont get a salary> They dont get retirement and health benefits? They dont get paid vacations? Help me out here.

Jindal's program is great. Empowering the individual to make choices that are right for him, or his child. The Left will go batshit crazy ver it.

 

[BluesLegend]

Democrats largely fund their campaigns with public employee contributions and the teachers unions in particular. Hence they will never agree to anything that puts that cash cow at risk.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Reform the system by threatening teachers. Good idea.

Go after unions. Good idea.

Reject standards and replace them with promises. Good idea

 

[The Rabbi]

A plan by Gov Jindal that will go absolutely nowhere – even though it's the best way to get our current education system out of its rut. Unions will fight it tooth and nail – and many politicians will fall in line, afraid of losing their campaign contributions.


The “K-12 Education Reform” can be read @ http://americanext.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/America-Next-K-12-Education-Reform.pdf


Here are the three main principles:


Allowing education dollars to “follow the child,” meaning to be used as parents and families deem best inside or outside conventional “government schools” — and including online learning and homeschooling.


Reforming teacher tenure laws: “We must get out of the mode of paying teachers for how long they have been breathing. … Good teachers need to be rewarded, and underperforming teachers need to be put on notice, and ultimately dismissed if they do not improve.”


Rejecting the “national curriculum” created by Common Core education standards and returning education decisions to the local level: “It’s bad enough that the federal government has begun tying compliance with Common Core to federal funds, but once you see the methods and the homework that accompanies Common Core, the verdict is in: Common Core must go.”

I am a strong, very strong believer in school choice for our public school system. Schools should have the complete power, without fear of losing funds, to pick and choose what students they will accept or keep.

So what happens to students rejected by their local school?

 

[ClosedCaption]

 

[bodecea]

A plan by Gov Jindal that will go absolutely nowhere – even though it's the best way to get our current education system out of its rut. Unions will fight it tooth and nail – and many politicians will fall in line, afraid of losing their campaign contributions.


The “K-12 Education Reform” can be read @ http://americanext.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/America-Next-K-12-Education-Reform.pdf


Here are the three main principles:


Allowing education dollars to “follow the child,” meaning to be used as parents and families deem best inside or outside conventional “government schools” — and including online learning and homeschooling.


Reforming teacher tenure laws: “We must get out of the mode of paying teachers for how long they have been breathing. … Good teachers need to be rewarded, and underperforming teachers need to be put on notice, and ultimately dismissed if they do not improve.”


Rejecting the “national curriculum” created by Common Core education standards and returning education decisions to the local level: “It’s bad enough that the federal government has begun tying compliance with Common Core to federal funds, but once you see the methods and the homework that accompanies Common Core, the verdict is in: Common Core must go.”

I am a strong, very strong believer in school choice for our public school system. Schools should have the complete power, without fear of losing funds, to pick and choose what students they will accept or keep.

So what happens to students rejected by their local school?

It's on their parents if they can't raise a kid who can't cut it. I'm sure the private sector would quickly find a way to make a buck off of it.

 

[The Rabbi]

A plan by Gov Jindal that will go absolutely nowhere – even though it's the best way to get our current education system out of its rut. Unions will fight it tooth and nail – and many politicians will fall in line, afraid of losing their campaign contributions.


The “K-12 Education Reform” can be read @ http://americanext.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/America-Next-K-12-Education-Reform.pdf


Here are the three main principles:


Allowing education dollars to “follow the child,” meaning to be used as parents and families deem best inside or outside conventional “government schools” — and including online learning and homeschooling.


Reforming teacher tenure laws: “We must get out of the mode of paying teachers for how long they have been breathing. … Good teachers need to be rewarded, and underperforming teachers need to be put on notice, and ultimately dismissed if they do not improve.”


Rejecting the “national curriculum” created by Common Core education standards and returning education decisions to the local level: “It’s bad enough that the federal government has begun tying compliance with Common Core to federal funds, but once you see the methods and the homework that accompanies Common Core, the verdict is in: Common Core must go.”

I am a strong, very strong believer in school choice for our public school system. Schools should have the complete power, without fear of losing funds, to pick and choose what students they will accept or keep.

So what happens to students rejected by their local school?

It's on their parents if they can't raise a kid who can't cut it. I'm sure the private sector would quickly find a way to make a buck off of it.

Heartless and cruel. I've got mine, you go fuck yourself. Typical lib.