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This is very understandable. Why would a union allow its members to be judged as to quality and qualification? As long as people are forced to pay bribes to work, unions are happy. Forcing the bribe payers to be good at their job has nothing to do with the bribes.
Looks like the unions are going to try to stop teacher accountability.
"Lawmakers in January passed legislation to make California eligible for a chunk of the more than $4 billion Race to the Top grant program. But if local districts want to see any of that money, they'll have to reach an agreement with local teachers unions to start judging teachers based, in part, on student test scores.
Teachers' unions have historically opposed any move to link teacher evaluations to student performance, and observers are pessimistic that many unions will go along this time.
"We can at least have a conversation about what (an evaluation system) should look like," said Pat Mazzulli, president of the Fontana Teachers Association. "We find it objectionable, but if that's what's going to happen, we want to have that conversation."
The effort to link student achievement and teacher performance comes at a time when school districts nationwide have been battered by budget cuts."
Voters will have to decide--which is more important: the education of children or the monopoly control of the classroom by unions?
These are your children--who do you want in charge?
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Looks like the unions are going to try to stop teacher accountability.
"Lawmakers in January passed legislation to make California eligible for a chunk of the more than $4 billion Race to the Top grant program. But if local districts want to see any of that money, they'll have to reach an agreement with local teachers unions to start judging teachers based, in part, on student test scores.
Teachers' unions have historically opposed any move to link teacher evaluations to student performance, and observers are pessimistic that many unions will go along this time.
"We can at least have a conversation about what (an evaluation system) should look like," said Pat Mazzulli, president of the Fontana Teachers Association. "We find it objectionable, but if that's what's going to happen, we want to have that conversation."
The effort to link student achievement and teacher performance comes at a time when school districts nationwide have been battered by budget cuts."
Voters will have to decide--which is more important: the education of children or the monopoly control of the classroom by unions?
These are your children--who do you want in charge?
More...