Thumbs Up Thumbs Down: Organized Labor
by admin
We live in an era when leaders in business and the media demand that schools function like businesses in a free market economy, competing for students and staff. Many such voices say that such corporate-style school reform is stymied by the teacher unions, which stand in the way of leaders who want unchecked power to assign, reward, punish, or remove their employees. Some academics blame the unions when student achievement remains stagnant. If scores are low, the critics say it must be because of the teachers’ contract, not because the district has a weak curriculum, or lacks resources, or has mediocre leadership. If some teachers are incompetent, it must be because of the contract, not because the district has a flawed system that allows for cronyism. These critics want to scrap the contract, throw away teachers’ legal protections, and bring teacher unions to their collective knees.” John Roques
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