The problem isn’t the teachers, it is the useless, bloated bureaucracy of building and district that is stifling both teachers and students.
My wife’s district (considered one of the best in the region) (and most wealthy) gave its teachers $30.00 a piece for supplies this year. They last year spent $5,000 (non refundable) for a set of books that will never be used because the Principal deems them to be “too controversial” after the purchase he okayed. Building discipline is at best inconsistent and at worst non-existent.
The district has spent millions of dollars to get and keep certification for the International Baccalaureate program, only to now have it brushed aside to make way for the “new” STEM program.(spending millions more) (We live in an industrial city our district has actively done away with its industrial arts program until now).
We live in a state where the governor is currently screwing teachers on their pensions. In fact our state Supreme Court is forcing the State to return the 3% of every paycheck that it confiscated from the teachers. (not holding my breath on seeing that money any time soon. :( Not depending on the state for retirement.
I remember during the 1990’s Americans were talking about how little money teachers made considering the daunting task they had to do. Now it seems they-are a convenient foil for the failure of administration.
I remember during the 1990’s Americans were talking about how little money teachers made considering the daunting task they had to do. Now it seems they-are a convenient foil for the failure of administration.
Would across-the-board pay increases get us better teachers?
The problem is teachers. The teachers who vote for contracts that have unaffordable health bennies and pensions. They view taxpayers as cash cows. And I am SICK of it.