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A contract, last time I checked, is created by two sides, but when it comes time to discuss working conditions,... [MORE] |
Paul J. Diamond |
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I wish I could thank him personally, but I cannot find his e-mail address. My shortfall, obviously. So, he has... [MORE] |
bryan gudmundson |
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Why do good teachers leave the profession? Low pay, large classes, poor working conditions and site administrators and school district... [MORE] |
ken tray |
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Let's look at Steve Jobs' comments scientifically. If his reasoning is correct, then states where teachers' unions are NOT powerful... [MORE] |
DFrazier |
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The psychologists have taken control of the cirriculum at all accredited teachers colleges. They have replaced the Judeo/Christian ethic with... [MORE] |
Incredulous |
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is that Boards of Education and Superintendent's are political creatures, whose biggest priorities usually are getting re-elected or a new... [MORE] |
Paul |
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Parents teach their kids values, morals and ethics then the kids go to school where the teachers teach them there... [MORE] |
Annette Hughes |
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Steve Jobs has guts. He says what many observers of education know but will not admit. I was involved with... [MORE] |
Maury Leon |
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My mom was a shop steward for the teachers union and she said there were two things ruining the schools: ... [MORE] |
Pierce Wetter |
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Some years back I was living in California. The high-mucky-muck of the teachers union was asked how his efforts would... [MORE] |
rotten rip |
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As a seventeen year teaching veteran and proud union member I would like to invite Mr. Jobs to shadow me... [MORE] |
Steve |
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And some....just don't! They coexist, and often in the same environment. Dedicated teachers have no need to feel insulted by... [MORE] |
TL |
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Steve, you sound like a remarkable teacher , the kind of teacher we want to stay in education. And, no... [MORE] |
Julie |
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Mr. Jobs is NOT teacher bashing. He is saying the unions tend to protect the teachers who are not doing... [MORE] |
Geno |
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I don't see any place in his comments where he bashes teachers... I'm sure you do a great job, and... [MORE] |
Matt |
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Mark Twain stated: " God made idiots for practice, then he made School Boards." and there lies your answer. Cheers to... [MORE] |
Ray |
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Three cheers for Jobs!I've worked in the California Public Schools as a consultant and an artist. I also helped start... [MORE] |
scott |
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Jobs is right on.....protecting the incompetent is ruining public education. I made the move to private education many years ago... [MORE] |
Jim |
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State and federal governments have dumped ever increasing dollars into public education, proving the maxim that when you spend more... [MORE] |
Steve |
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And I say it again: Amen! The best and the brightest tend--with exceptions, naturally--NOT to choose education as a career. The... [MORE] |
Perry Clark |
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Kudos to Jobs! Kudos! The only thing I would add is that lazy, borderline-apathetic parents don't help, either. [MORE] |
Chris Baecker |
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that is the proplem what is the solution? [MORE] |
wayne rients |
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Unions are a farce. They allow legalized extortion. The unions are killing form and many other once great firms. Collective... [MORE] |
honorable one |
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Steve Jobs has done the nation a valuable service by pointing out the negative impact that teachers have had on... [MORE] |
Chris |
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amen to steve jobs jmb [MORE] |
john brodnan |
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Without competition who strives to get better? Most Americans are starting to realize this now. Tax the rich to give... [MORE] |
Ted Runnels |
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Thank you Steve Jobs! Now if we can just get some fellow industry leaders and others of influence to see... [MORE] |
Wes Parry |
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When was the last time he stepped into a public school classroom in Florida or an urban school system. Teachers... [MORE] |
Joanne Reid |
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With all due respect to Ms. Reid, to whom I wish no ill, I, a parent of two children in... [MORE] |
Perry Clark |
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Ron, you sound somewhat mixed up. Teachers have to be protected if they don't do a good job and the... [MORE] |
Alan |
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Blame the Union, Blame the Union, Blame the Union. Yes, Perry, I read carefully the comments. It was a combination... [MORE] |
ex-teacher |
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In football cheap shots are penalized. In real life, super wealthy people, like Steve Jobs, get to dump their garbage... [MORE] |
Mark |
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which have nothing to do with Jobs' comments. But you are wrong about administrations living in fear of unions. In... [MORE] |
paul |
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Steve Jobs is courageous and astute for identifying one of the two largest institutional barriers to significantly improving public schools;... [MORE] |
Dr. Anne Marie Vickers Quin |
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Blame the teacher, blame the teacher, blame the teacher. Teachers work under supervisors who DO have the authority to guide... [MORE] |
ex-teacher |
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Thank you, Dr. Vickers Quin, for saying it so well. Would that the entire political and governmental establishments hear and... [MORE] |
Perry Clark |
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Few if any of the many concerned individuals are "blaming the teacher". The entire point of Jobs' comments, and most... [MORE] |
Perry Clark |
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I've heard the exact same comment made by Dr. Quin from numerous people within the education community, and the correctness... [MORE] |
William Bowen |
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Has anyone mentioned that the building administrators are responsible for observing, evaluating, and retaining or removing teachers? The building principal... [MORE] |
Sally |
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Jobs spoke the truth. Our nations' public schools are fraught with incompetent bums! Truthfully, teachers do have a tough job. No... [MORE] |
Scott |
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Michael Dell has a lot of gall to talk about employees being treated unfairly, considering how HIS company treats most... [MORE] |
Gary Akins |
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Unions are the best thing to happen to teaching. The teachers who don't perform well have to be protected. If... |
ron |
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Teachers who don't perform well need to be fired, not protected. Public education exists for the benfit of the children... [MORE] |
Matt |
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Wow - here's a perfect example of what's wrong with the "union attitude"...let's see... "The teachers who don't perform well have... [MORE] |
barry |
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Finally someone had the courage to say what we in education have known for years. Unions are killing public education.... [MORE] |
Peter |
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