Posted on 02/21/2011 11:12:44 AM PST by Nachum
“Will the unions help keep poor teachers from returning to the classroom?” asked Saturday’s Washington Post, reminding us that union intransigience stretches from Madison,WI to Washington, D.C. An independent arbitrator recently ruled that D.C. Public Schools will be required to hire back 75 teachers fired during Michelle Rhee’s tenure. On top of this, D.C. will also be required to pay two years in back wages, costing the city approximately $7.5 million. Although the dismissed teachers were still in their probationary period, arbitrator Charles Feigenbaum claims that they were
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“...costing the city approximately $7.5 million.”
I like the way they say that. Like the City has it’s own money.
It is this kind of weakness in the DC Schools that will un-do all that Rhee did. THIS is why DC can never be a state. They are mentally and morally weak. The way to fighty a union is to say NO and stick to it.
It is this kind of weakness in the DC Schools that will un-do all that Rhee did. THIS is why DC can never be a state. They are mentally and morally weak. The way to fight a union is to say NO and stick to it.
Would D.C. like the Congress to overrule this arbitrator’s ruling so that D.C. would not be forced to rehire these teachers? Oh wait, that’s right, D.C. doesn’t like when the Congress gets involved in D.C.’s affairs. Never mind then. D.C., you’re on your own, just like you want.
“An independent arbitrator recently ruled ....”
Challenge his “independence” in court!
The arbitrator is a facist.
Congratulations to DC residents for destroying the education of their own kids.
So they just have 7.5 million laying around? From where will they get it?
Personally I would have a private talk with the arbiter...
Some national results:
1.Highest infant mortality rate.
2.Highest HIV/AIDS infection rate.
3. 48-or 49th every year in school performance.
That’s why it’s the “District of Corruption”. (DC)
More like”Sodom on the Potomac”
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