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Originally Posted by widgeon13
Public schools are failing because of one thing "tenure". The system rewards all teachers equally, some do a great job of educating their students and others don't give a ****. If you can't fire a teacher, how can you improve the system.
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I co-taught with one teacher last year who was not only worthless (his final exam was to watch
The Miracle Worker and do an essay on it... did I mention this was a PHYSICS CLASS???) but also damaging because he would actively pick fights with the kids, let them wander around the school and give them zero accountability. The number of times I went up the chain of command because of him was mind-boggling, and my role in that classroom quickly settled on keeping the kids from beating him down because, no matter how much he deserved it, the kids would come out on the losing end of that deal.
This guy would always be de-staffed and sent to another school but never let go. I suspect he hasn't lost his job because of the need for physics teachers. Fortunately, he plans on retiring this year or next.
BB.