Henry Ford's bitter fight against the union has been transmogrified to current day Minneapolis Public Schools. Why am I not surprised?
David Wilson Loring Park On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Dan McGuire wrote: > I just heard about another turn of events. This week, about 200 MPS elementary > teachers with high seniority who also > were licensed in other areas have been reassigned to the other license area jobs, > regardless of whether or not they have > experience in those areas or an interest in working in those areas. That means that > a 3rd grade teacher who got an art > degree twenty five years ago and then got married and raised some children, never > taught as an art teacher, but then ten > years later got an elementary certification and has since been teaching 3rd grade > for fifteen years has been reassigned to > an art classroom in a building other than the one she has been teaching in for those > fifteen years. I spoke to three > teachers in similar situations today. > Sounds to me like those who were trying to take career choices out of the hands > of teachers and put the control in the > hands of the administration found a way to do it (some have suggested that was one > of the unstated motivations for the > school closing plan of last winter.) This is not good for anybody but control > freaks. Chalk one up for Jennings, Audrey > Johnson, and Pawlenty; erase about 200 for teachers, students and families. > > Dan McGuire > Ericsson > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
