And teachers quite openly have told me over the years that they aren’t there to help children achieve their potential….just make minimum standards.

Megacool Blog indeed!… if anyone else has anything it would be much appreciated. Great website Enjoy!…

I do know that teacher unions don’t want the same kind of protections for substitute teachers, who, in some instances, have more qualifications and experience than regular teachers. Teachers like to beat up on substitute teachers and use them as scapegoat pinatas. I should know… I’ve been present for such exercises as a sub and even heard one teacher explain that subs are nothing more than paid “babysitters.”

The union is a haven for mediocre teachers who want to hide behind tenure. The only thing that will stop the downward slide of our public education system is getting rid of unions and letting a competitive spirit of academic achievement guide teachers.

Until that happens, no parent should even pretend their children are getting a “qualitiy” education, especially in the inner city.

It’s really no surprise to anyone ever that the NEA was more interested in protecting its power than educating children. What is surprising is that they actually feel confident enough in their power to admit it. Here……

And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing forced to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year…

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On November 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm, zorro said:
Now we know why Johnny can’t read.

But the job is not done until Johnny can’t formulate his own thought or opinion.

Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child.
This is not to say that the concern of NEA and its affiliates with closing achievement gaps, reducing dropout rates, improving teacher quality and the like are unimportant or inappropriate. To the contrary. These are the goals that guide the work we do. But they need not and must not be achieved at the expense of due process, employee rights and collective bargaining. That simply is too high a price to pay.

We know that’s how you feel. That’s why many of us want to homeschool or send our children to private schools.
The No Education Association doesn’t give a hoot about the kids we’re paying them to give a hoot about.

It’s interesting to note that teachers in the parochial schools typically earn less than public school teachers yet have no trouble attracting good teachers. Why is that?

It’s as if schools exist for the union and not for the children. The children are just a necessary evil to be used as hostages to help the union obtain their demands. Otherwise, they wouldn’t even allow those annoying creatures to enter “their” schools in the first place.