I'm referring to the bad schools. I remember reading about entire schools failing and then after being threatened with closure they miraculously get better. I think it starts with the principal, if the entire school has the attitude you get paid no matter what why work hard? Weeding out bad teachers in decent schools is a different issue.
On 10/6/05, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Teacher's unions serve a real and needed purpose in many cases. > However, any teacher will tell you that there are bad apples at their > school that need to be removed but can't be removed because of tenure. > Also, all of us could probably tell a story about at least one > teacher during your schooling who had absolutely no business teaching > what-so-ever. > > I am all for firing bad teachers. I'm not really sure testing is > required to measure that though, since it's so easy for us to > collectively recite the names of teachers in our past that need to be > fired. The problem isn't identifying the bad teachers, it's being > allowed to fire them. > > -Cameron > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176166 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
