Live WITHIN your means, PLEASE???!!!!??? Get a lawyer and challenge the Unions and Contracts. Please, cut your expenses and get rid of the crappy teachers.
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Thursday 28 January 2010
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Unions
An article about Washington DC's head of schools Ms. Rhee:
Since being appointed in 2007 to head one of the nation's worst school districts, Rhee has clashed with the union on issues like merit pay, which she advocates and the union staunchly opposes. Efforts to sign a new contract with the city have so far proved unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, under Rhee's leadership the district's test scores have risen and the high school dropout rate has eased.
While Rhee faces potential troubles in the nation's capital, she is being heralded in the new documentary "Waiting for Superman," which made its debut over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.
After seeing the film, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert wrote the following about Rhee's battle with the union: "The most powerful opponents to better teaching are the teachers' unions. I am a lifelong supporter of unions. But 'Waiting for Superman' makes this an inescapable conclusion. A union that protects incompetent and even dangerous teachers is an obscenity."
Since San Marino's layoff notices had nothing to do with performance, maybe it is time we start using performance as a Key Performance Indicator for our teachers so that our children can benefit.
Since being appointed in 2007 to head one of the nation's worst school districts, Rhee has clashed with the union on issues like merit pay, which she advocates and the union staunchly opposes. Efforts to sign a new contract with the city have so far proved unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, under Rhee's leadership the district's test scores have risen and the high school dropout rate has eased.
While Rhee faces potential troubles in the nation's capital, she is being heralded in the new documentary "Waiting for Superman," which made its debut over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.
After seeing the film, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert wrote the following about Rhee's battle with the union: "The most powerful opponents to better teaching are the teachers' unions. I am a lifelong supporter of unions. But 'Waiting for Superman' makes this an inescapable conclusion. A union that protects incompetent and even dangerous teachers is an obscenity."
Since San Marino's layoff notices had nothing to do with performance, maybe it is time we start using performance as a Key Performance Indicator for our teachers so that our children can benefit.
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