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To: marcher who wrote (185127)	2/21/2009 4:33:19 PM
From: Live2Sail	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

"as you might know, tenure provides due process rights and does not assure continued employment. tenured teachers can be fired and have been fired for poor performance. most teachers quit if they are not effective because students, parents, and principals create considerable stress in an such cases. districts determine ongoing teacher evaluation systems, some better than others." Marc, From what I gather, a bad teacher gets passed from district to district like a hot potato. The worst is the older teacher who has punched out and is just marking time to get max retirement. Not doing a whole hecka lot of harm, but not doing any good either. I don't think the solution to getting consistently excellent teachers is easy. Higher pay is definitely one way. Making it a respected job rather than reviled (a la skeeter bug) is another piece of the puzzle. l2S