Howdy…
Getting closer to the end of the week and we bring up a subject that is just plain aggravating – at least to me. I know in the South we have many, many qualified teachers. In fact I’m related to three of them. All certified … One in
What is most doggy is the dog-in-the-manger attitude taken by most of the state organizations of the NEA or the AFT… who seem to care far more about the welfare of their members than the achievement and success of their pupils. After all – at the end of the day who are the schools built with tax money to benefit --- teachers and educational staff or students? It’s a no-brainer… schools are there for the students. Of course they provide employment for teachers and others… but that’s not *why* they’re there. It’s to educate the children… the pupils – their customers if you please.
Well…you can see I climb on the soapbox quickly – but every time I come across the example of a whole multi-storied school building in New York, full of teachers doing nothing… sitting there twiddling thumbs, reading magazines or doing other non-educational, or even productive work, because either they are incompetent or incorrigible to work with … but NEA or AFT union rules make it impossible for the school system to fire them – smoke comes out my ears. [g] Taxpayer hard earned money is going down the drain big time – and students are left in the educational lurch.
Well… I better stop and take a BP pill. Hope you have a good day,
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack
Here’s the old fashioned way of posting links to the audio and script.
http://www.jebcovoice.net/audio/jama06-19-08.mp3
http://www.jebcovoice.net/scripts/jamt06-19-08.doc
“JUST A MINUTE”
NEW START ON TEACHER TRAINING
Just A Minute – Thirty seven hundred college grads -- a large percentage from very selective schools -- commence a Teach for America five-week boot camp, and head off for two years in
Does the AFT know about this or the NEA? Either it’s slipped under their radar or they figure it doesn’t threaten their current stranglehold on education.
Unions say good students won’t opt for teaching positions unless they are paid at a rate close to incoming professional people like doctors and lawyers. But what seems attractive to these young people is avoiding years of crushing traditional ‘education’ in order to be certified. My daughter got one of these slots a few years back and looked forward to great opportunity.
It turns out two-thirds of the participants stay in the education field, often as junior level administrators on the way up. Anyway…for once there’s something encouraging to report about education. The results for their pupils measure up also.
Oh -- don't tell the teachers unions.
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