>>And, even if you are a truly lousy teacher, you can never be fired.
In a state with a teacher’s union. A non-union state can fire anyone easily for the first three years after three warnings are accrued.
Gosh I checked my property tax bill and schools get 75% of my property taxes. And they are spending 1 million on a stupid walking trail here in town. Seems like they get enough. If they could be fired for failing that would be great, but they can not. I have no pity on the teachers they make way to much for the hack job they do. I had to pull my kids out of public school because it was FAILING TO EDUCATE them. I still have to rent my house form the state even though I don’t use public education and never will. If I didn’t have to pay for the public public schools I would own my house and not have to make a monthly payment to the state.
I am tired of hearing how bad it is for public school teachers. The fact is they are protected from losing their job no matter how badly they do their job.
I am assuming that you are speaking of "right to work" states. I guess I never thought about the impact on "public" unions, I always think of that in terms of private companies. So, in a "right to work" state, the state CAN fire an incompetent teacher after three warnings?