How Hard Is It To Fire A Teacher, Really?
Red tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem. Eugene White stunned education professionals this spring when he told Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett that 60 percent of teachers at five Indianapolis high schools were ineffective and should be dismissed. But White, the superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, doesn’t blame the teachers—or their union contracts—for the mess. Instead, he blames IPS administrators. “The teachers’ unions do get blamed for bad teachers,” he said. “But the real, real, real fact of the matter is that bad teachers exist because administrators fail to properly supervise them.
Red tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem. Eugene White stunned education professionals this spring when he told Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett that 60 percent of teachers at five Indianapolis high schools were ineffective and should be dismissed. But White, the superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, doesn’t blame the teachers—or their union contracts—for the mess. Instead, he blames IPS administrators. “The teachers’ unions do get blamed for bad teachers,” he said. “But the real, real, real fact of the matter is that bad teachers exist because administrators fail to properly supervise them.
How hard is it to fire a teacher, really?
J.K. Wall, November 6, 2010
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Red tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem.
Eugene White stunned education professionals
J.K. Wall, November 6, 2010
LINK
Red tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem.
Eugene White stunned education professionals
