Wow, your logic is stellar and I really appreciate the gonzo approach. Few teachers being targeted for dismissal are being dismissed for professional incompetence. On the contrary, most of the rubber room teacher's are honored veteran educators, whistle blowers, plaintiffs in civil cases against district, targets for reprisal by autocratic administrators. These people use students as pawns by overloading teachers with special Ed, EL and behavior problems. This often fails as do witch hunts that make students complicit in their crime less often than you'd think. Kids may hate a teacher but not enough to help the man ruin her. In these cases, the principal just makes stuff up to drive the teacher out. Bad evaluations--FRAUD--, discipline, ambushes, punitive scheduling. The admin want cronies to insulate them. A teacher who's mature, ethical and student centered cannot be tolerated in the emerging school culture.
With many baby boomers scheduled to retire , there is a window of opportunity that privatizing pirates are eager to exploit. It is clear they have no intention of improving public schools. Class size expands, teachers are abused and denied access to contractual concessions, due process! And TFA will fill their positions to have student loans forgiven before moving on to a more lucrative industry. Teacher's are going to be temps. No more answering the call: no more academic freedom, no more democracy. Thanks for this.
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On The Evil Economics Of Judging Teachers
Wow, your logic is stellar and I really appreciate the gonzo approach. Few teachers being targeted for dismissal are being dismissed for professional incompetence. On the contrary, most of the rubber room teacher's are honored veteran educators, whistle blowers, plaintiffs in civil cases against district, targets for reprisal by autocratic administrators. These people use students as pawns by overloading teachers with special Ed, EL and behavior problems. This often fails as do witch hunts that make students complicit in their crime less often than you'd think. Kids may hate a teacher but not enough to help the man ruin her. In these cases, the principal just makes stuff up to drive the teacher out. Bad evaluations--FRAUD--, discipline, ambushes, punitive scheduling. The admin want cronies to insulate them. A teacher who's mature, ethical and student centered cannot be tolerated in the emerging school culture.
With many baby boomers scheduled to retire , there is a window of opportunity that privatizing pirates are eager to exploit. It is clear they have no intention of improving public schools. Class size expands, teachers are abused and denied access to contractual concessions, due process! And TFA will fill their positions to have student loans forgiven before moving on to a more lucrative industry. Teacher's are going to be temps. No more answering the call: no more academic freedom, no more democracy. Thanks for this.
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