Thousands of striking teachers rally in the Loop

[Jackson]

I taught inner city 1st grade for many years. They were the children who were supposed to repeat kindergarten, but came to my class instead. I taught them reading and language arts. Out of 24 students each year it came out approximately the same. Sixteen students were ON Grade level or above up to 3rd grade level, and 8 failed. Of the 8 usually half ended up in special classes. Of the rest, all were successful second graders by the time they got there. No one failed second grade. And these were the lowest performing first graders in the school.

Poor children can excel. Parents of poor children DO care. Parents and the teachers can work together in the inner city.

shouldn't you have been fired? that is 33% failure rate.

I guess what I'm getting to is that so much is out of control of the teacher.

Oh and no one is lining up for my special ed teaching job.

I'm certainly glad I wasn't, lol. When you have the lowest of all the five first grades and 8 students are held back, that doesn't sound so bad. They all happened to be in the same classroom. If all of the students had been merged in the other classrooms without a specialist, it probably would have been more. They had anticipated all of them would have been held back if they went to a regular first grade. It was a Title I first grade.

There is no question special education takes a very special person and is quite different from regular ed. I applaud you.

 

[Freewill]

There is no question special education takes a very special person and is quite different from regular ed. I applaud you.

I agree, teaching future democrats would be a chore.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Take a page from the Reagan manual.

Fire them all.

Only if the greedy bastards are striking illegally.

In most places, in it not legal for public employees to strike. This never stops the NEA, but it's not legal.

 

[Jarlaxle]

I taught inner city 1st grade for many years. They were the children who were supposed to repeat kindergarten, but came to my class instead. I taught them reading and language arts. Out of 24 students each year it came out approximately the same. Sixteen students were ON Grade level or above up to 3rd grade level, and 8 failed. Of the 8 usually half ended up in special classes. Of the rest, all were successful second graders by the time they got there. No one failed second grade. And these were the lowest performing first graders in the school.

Poor children can excel. Parents of poor children DO care. Parents and the teachers can work together in the inner city.

shouldn't you have been fired? that is 33% failure rate.

I guess what I'm getting to is that so much is out of control of the teacher.

Oh and no one is lining up for my special ed teaching job.

A part-time job that pays $75K a year and has summers, a week each in February and April, a week and a half at Christmas, and every fake holiday under the sun off? The only reason I didn't go into teaching is that I hate children with a passion.

 

[AmericanFirst]

Let us see, if Scott Walker would have caused a strike what do you think would have been the Democrats position? Are the teachers being greedy or just protecting the worse of their members?

Thousands of striking teachers rally in the Loop

Thousands of striking teachers rally in the Loop - Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has blasted the job action as “a strike of choice. ” On Monday, he urged both sides to “stay at the table and finish it for our children,” but he refused to bend on two outstanding issues: allowing principals to retain the right to choose their teachers and teacher evaluations.

If principals are to be held accountable for student performance in their schools, Emanuel said it’s imperative that they be free to select the members of their teaching team.

“If we’re gonna hold our local principals in the school accountable for getting the results we need, they need to pick the best qualified,” the mayor said.

Vitale said the contract amounted to a 16 percent raise over four years for the average teacher when factoring other increases. And the raises could not be rescinded for lack of funds — which is what happened this past school year, angering teachers and helping to set the stage for Monday’s strike.

How Much Do Chicago Public School Teachers Make?

How Much Do Chicago Public School Teachers Make? « CBS Chicago

Salary figures provided by the Chicago Public Schools show teachers here have the highest average salary of any city in the nation. But, according to the Chicago Teachers Union’s calculations, Chicago teachers would rank second behind New York City.
During a vote taken last week, 90 percent of the city’s public school teachers voted to authorize a

While the kids suffer and the parents scramble for child care. On the news looked like those teachers were out there just having a big old party. Fire them all, I am sure they could hire better.