[sandydipper]

Public education will never be a learning experience as long as the teachers unions prevent inferior "teachers" from being terminated.

[Jaysun]

Public education will never be a learning experience as long as the teachers unions prevent inferior "teachers" from being terminated.

What you say is true. Why more people fail to understand that is beyond reason or logic. Unions, by their very nature, are advocates of their members whether that advocacy is to the detriment of the actual employer or not. So in this case, the unions advocate the interest of the teachers regardless of the effect that their demands or policies have over the schools (and children) in which those teachers are employed. It's the same story in EVERY union. The Airline Worker's Union doesn't fret about improving the price of tickets, The Grocery Worker's Unions calling for strikes in favor of fresher produce or bread, and the Teacher's Union doesn't fight for school kids.