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So, you’re talking about ending someone’s employment and complain about “excessive paperwork”. I’d think documentation would be the least that could be done to terminate one’s career. And, the unions role in representing the employee is only to ensure the policies were followed as written. Again, if someone is being dismissed, the policies should be followed.
Yes they HAVE a plan. It requires an extremely excessive amount of documentation and once the unions get involved, isn't worth the paper it’s printed on.
There’s a reason that across this country, bad teachers just get moved around and not let go. In no other profession (except union jobs) does this happen.
It’s a forum dude. I’d suggest if you don’t want others commenting, you might try PM, text, or email. You do realize that a forum lets others see what you’ve written and make comments, right?
What I actually said was that tenure has to be reformed and 5 year contracts would be a better way to ensure that people don’t abuse tenure. Coupled with high pay, expectations could be raised.
Tax dollars already support religious schools, at least indirectly; school bus transportation, school lunch programs, support services like speech therapy and counseling services, etc.
Based on what? Just your opinion? What's the prohibition on it? Separation of church & state doesn't prohibit states from giving vouchers to parents - parents are not a religion - for them to do with as they want for their kids.
By the same token, we could also require the public schools to teach creation and abstinence then. Correct?
Again, governments wouldn't be funding religious schools. Parents would. As long as kids pass state test requirements, why the F does it matter? Government control of curriculum is part of why we have the schools' mess we have today.
I think it's more that we rank near the bottom on education for 60 years and any time a change is offered the instant reply is "pay teachers more, teachers don't make enough". Teachers at private schools seem to do OK and don't have to worry about bad parents or students because the school actually has standards.
Were does government money come from? Why does government get to decide strings with my money?
This is a good point. If vouchers ever come in to play, the teachers at Trinity, etc, will start making money on the same levels as public school teachers, which they don't now.
Some schools will raise their price. That's a supply and demand issue. BUT....because there would be a much bigger supply of people who can now pay for their kid to go to another school, you would see more such schools opening up. You would just need to ensure some basic standards are met by the schools. But this would not be that helpful to more rural communities that don't have a large enough population to attract a non-public school.
I'm talking funding parents instead of schools. And if the schools the parents choose use ancient mythologies to get kids attending them to pass state tests, I'm fine with that. Clearly public schools not using those mythologies aren't focusing on math & science. BTW, those mythologies include strong discipline.
As I said earlier, you could limit the total charges to parents who use vouchers. E.g., if voucher is say $7K, you could limit extra charges to parents to say $3K more. Your school wouldn't be forced to take vouchers and thus the $10K total limit. Let Trinity charge $15K but then not get vouchers.
No sh**. I mean they seriously work 7 months out of the year. And now with the NTI, only the teachers get snow days, the kids and parents do the homework. After the Covid shutdown I honestly lost a lot of respect for the position. I think they’re fairly compensated with tons of benefits.
