OK. Let's Get Back Down to Business: Why Do Teachers Hate America?
"Union"? EEEWWWW. "Tenure"?! UGGGH
Diane Ravitch reflects on the carnage in CT.
>>>Every one of the teachers was a career educator. Every one was doing exactly what she wanted to do. They’ve worked in a school that was not obsessed with testing but with the needs of children. This we know: the staff at Sandy Hook loved their students. They put their students first, even before their own lives.
Oh, and one other thing, all these dedicated teachers belonged to a union. The senior teachers had tenure, despite the fact that “reformers” (led by ConnCAN, StudentsFirst, and hedge fund managers) did their best last spring to diminish their tenure and to tie their evaluations to test scores. Governor Malloy said, memorably, to his shame, that teachers get tenure just for showing up. No one at Sandy Hook was just “showing up.”>>>>
http://dianeravitch.net/2012/12/17/the-hero-teachers-of-newtown/
BTW... my header is stolen ( by me) from blogster Jersey Jazzman and is not Diane's.