One of the biggest issues, in my opinion, is that because of union rules, it is damn near imposible to fire a teacher because they are a bad teacher.
It is going to be difficult to have any kind of meaningful reform if we can't get rid of the dead wood. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:35 AM, denstar <valliants...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Maureen wrote: >> >> Two problems here: >> >> First, not all teachers teach...too many just hand out assignments and >> babysit. >> Second: While teachers should be picked from the creme of the crop, valued >> and paid accordingly, teaching is too often the default career for those who >> can't cut it in harder disciplines. >> >> When I was at University it was a running joke that the Education majors >> were the ones who couldn't pass basic math. I know that is a stereotype and >> not true for all, but it is true more often than not. > > "those that can't, teach", eh? > > Hey, I'm no fan of the education system -- I think it needs mad > reform, and I'm living proof -- but I don't really see labor unions as > the underlying problem. > > Education is serious shit. :) > > :Den > > -- > Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so. > Galilei, Galil > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:324763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
