It’s for the children
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Teachers want:
We want job protection, better wages & benefits and favorable work rules
We want to retain, train and mentor poorly performing teachers,
We want to have smaller class size and hire more teachers
We are professionals; teacher performance shouldn’t be measured
We want a single salary schedule to treat all teachers, good & bad, the same
It’s not for the children
We are union workers, we are responsible, and
Can’t be held accountable for results
Public education is a monopoly and has no competition
We collective bargain on the local level to satisfy our self interests,
If management doesn’t agree, we will strike
Our union representatives politic through election campaigns and lobbying, for laws and rules that limit management discretion.
The SEA, OEA, NEA unions are special interest organizations. They exist to satify the interests of their members – teachers, not the interests of the kids.
They frame all issues in a way that makes teachers look wonderful, caring, hard working, underpaid people that cares about the children.
Susan, something doesn’t add up.
School officials tout their Excellent with Distinction rating, but Sycamore is NOT on the the Newsweek list. Why do you think that is?
See Newsweek Best High School page
Read the book, SPECIAL INTEREST Teachers and Unions and America’s Public Schools by Terry M. Moe
This is crap. Who wrote this? No one have the courage to sign their name to this tripe (something poor, worthless, or offensive)? Did you just make it up, post it, and now it’s “fact”? No teacher I know would have written this. I’m betting written by someone with COAST; just blame teachers for economic woes. Spend a week with a classroom teacher; do their job for that week and then sign your name to this. Look at all the local school districts, their boards of education and association members. ALL are freezing salaries, holding off step raises, working together to keep their districts fiscally sound while maintaining the integrity of their academic programs. Staff is being cut to bare bones, department budgets slashed. Yet the bottom line, the OAA (Ohio A…, Association), national tests, ACT, SAT goals remain. In fact, the OAA requirements have increased over the years in order to maintain compliance, meet AYP goals and earn “excellent” ratings for our communities. I’m tired of teacher bashing. Just today, the city of Cincinnati has been approved to begin spending $29 million federal dollars on a street car that will loop 3 miles of Cincinnati streets. Really? That’s best use of federal money? It’s my money, and yours. Is this really the best use of our money? I would never willingly approve money taken from me to build something as low priority as this. I would, and do, vote for my tax dollars to go to my local school district where it makes a difference. Please direct your “outrage” over wasted money elsewhere!!
ADM. says:
1) Something doesn’t add up. School officials tout their Excellent with Distinction rating, but Sycamore and others are NOT on the the Newsweek list. Why?
2) Don’t let passion take the place of reason.