Challenging Issue #7. Should we give up seniority? What?
This post is about a third issue that the IEA leadership considers a challenge: Seniority rights.
During the recent wave of teacher layoffs, the most two-faced, disingenuous of the Reformy types cried crocodile tears about the layoff’s impact on young teachers.
Here’s how it worked:
Young = competent, enthusiastic, willing to do anything that was “best for the kids.”
Tenured teachers = lazy, lacking subject or teaching knowledge, just work the hours and go home, willing to put adult needs over…what was…yes, “best for the kids.”
Fred Klonsky’s education rule #1:
When someone says they’re only interested in what is “best for the kids,” watch your wallet. Somebody is
