NYCEMS9115 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 At what point are we; as parents and adults; going to stop this? Sub-par education; overcrowding; thoughtless Educators; uncaring Parents; & Teachers with felonies: are consuming the Education System. It's not getting better; it's getting worst. Sub-standardized Test Scores and poor nutrition has become a torn to our future. The School System has not been Student focused for years. These children are our future. http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/nyc_fire_proof_school_crooks_hEVEp3JWvGuP0oGwPRhCDP
HERBIE1 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 The problem is the power of unions and their collective bargaining agreements. This speaks to the heart of the battle going on in Wisconsin, Ohio, and other places. The pro union folks are framing this as an attack on unions, on the little guy, and the working man. That is utter BULL. This is about a group becoming so powerful that egregious and even criminal behavior- not to mention poor teaching skills- can get rid of a teacher. At what point can we as a society say- sorry, but these unions have amassed too much power? Obviously Democrats will defend these unions to the death since they contribute hundreds of millions to their coffers, so any reform will run into an immediate roadblock- as we have seen in Wisconsin. I have said this a million times, but the era of unions has come and gone. The Dems are pushing for things like protections for folks trying to organize a union in their workplace. Er- sorry, but those protections already exist. Protecting children from being exploited? Protection from unscrupulous employers? Minimum wage laws, EEOC, ACLU, OSHA, child protection statutes, FLSA- there are dozens of agencies and laws on the books to keep workers from being exploited. Does it still happen? Yes, and every time it is revealed, there are a dozen The Dems realize that the downfall of companies like GM was due in large part to the unsustainable contract obligations of unions. Why do you think the shareholders and bondholders lost everything, and instead of the company going belly up, control was given over to the unions? The government demanded that in return for a bail out, control must be given to the unions. The unrealistic demands of the very people who destroyed the company have been given the keys to the kingdom. Are you friggin kidding me? So the unions are now essentially management AND the workforce? HUH? I digress... Back to education- We get things like "No Child Left Behind" because there is only so much that can be done before the unions stonewall any true reform. NCLB is one of those laws with good intentions, but is doomed to fail since it does not address the root causes of the problems in education. Any meaningful changes that are suggested are immediately shot down by the unions, and this resistance is supported by their Democratic watchdogs. The "solutions" offered by the Department of Education are nothing more than something that benefits the teachers. Don't get me wrong- a good teacher is worth every penny we pay them and much more. I simply feel that the system protects the bad seeds- to the detriment of the good teachers(the vast majority of them fall into this category in my opinion) and the students. Something has to change.
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