Partly because they are not willing to give up things like tenure and seniority which does keep bad teachers employed. While they may want to improve things as teachers, they are not willing to do what it takes to make it happen. They are too secure and comfy in their positions to give that up.
-----Original Message----- From: denstar [mailto:valliants...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:18 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Piling On: Economists Call Obama On Universal Backing Claim I don't know if I buy that theory. Unions do some pretty swell stuff. Our local one just held a bake-sale to try to raise money to offset the spending cuts. ;) Fer reals tho-- aren't teacher unions made up of, um, teachers? So the biggest impediment to improving schools is the teachers? robot voice: does not compute :Den -- We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours. John Stuart Mill On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > I would disagree...in Dupage County, IL (just west of Cook County...where > Chicago is), we spend a lot on education and have some of the best schools > in the country. I do agree that unions are the biggest impediment to > improving schools. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324740 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
