[Academiadotorg]

One wonders what would happen if all the NYC schools were chartered.

[pax_et_bonum]

Thanks for posting.

[EinNYC]

Really? The State University of NY just lowered the standards for teachers teaching in charter schools because they can't get enough suckers to teach under the inferior conditions there. Charter schools cannot retain teachers for more than two or three years due to the increased school time, lower salaries, and inferior benefits.

Currently, only a maximum of 15% of the teachers in a charter school can be uncertified. Some schools have had difficulty meeting that goal and some charter schools have a majority of teachers uncertified in the subject that they are teaching in. And many charter schools have 2 or more teachers covering a class during a given school year, as the first one leaves for greener pastures.

The proposed changes mean that these uncertified charter school teachers will never need to pass State certification tests or obtain a master's degree, therefore, limiting the charter school teachers to teach in charter schools. With their abbreviated requirements, charter schools will simply hire any Tom, Dick, or Harry with a college degree and dump them into a classroom, unprepared in the art of teaching. Yeah, that sounds GREAT for students!