Tenure means much more than the protection of incompetents and shirkers. It protects teachers from arbitrary decisions. Teachers unions, however, are supportive of measures based on peer reviews rather than decisions from administrators. Tenure also protects teachers from outside pressure, such as when teachers are reported to have taught subjects such as evolution that offend members of the public.
In the public discourse, however, one would expect that teachers unions are a dangerous branch of Al Qaeda. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM, David B. Shemano <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you are are referring to the school reform movement (as seeking to > convert teachers from artisans/professionals to assembly-line workers), but > to be fair, isn't it more accurate to say that the public school unions see > the teachers as interchangeable assembly-line workers? I mean, isn't that > the heart of the issue behind the current ACLU led lawsuit against > California, which directly attacked the union defended policy of seniority > protection during layoffs? Is there any other basis to defend seniority > protection other than teachers are interchangeable assembly line workers? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
