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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Sully- who wrote (78144)3/7/2010 7:44:05 PM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (2) of 90947
 
If teachers have lost valuable tools in dealing with problem kids, it's mainly because they don't work as a team among themselves and with school administrators. No rules or laws are going to change that. It goes to the culture of the system, a system that rewards mediocrity, while the NEA seeks to create friction among parents and the school administration. The NEA are the teachers and the teachers are the NEA.

With a little creative teamwork, they could discipline just about any kid.

What's wrong is the NEA holding a monolopolistic grip on public education in America. An NEA that fights tooth and nail reform such as vouchers that would empower parents, instead of the bureaucratic union that does nothing but protect them from actually doing their job.

I don't think a teacher has actually been fired in Washington state for incompetence in 20 years - even convicted pedophiles find a way of being transferred instead of actually fired.

Every industry has deadbeats that get fired for incompetence. Can you tell me how many teachers were fired at the schools you taught at Sully?

I can name a dozen military instructors off the top of my head that were tossed out on their ear within 6 months of being in front of a class of students. That's the difference between military instruction and public education. People actually monitor performance and hold teachers accountable.
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