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Union Vigil To Protest Teacher Performance Unit

Submitted by Old Public Schooler, Nov 27, 2007 13:24

I went to NYC public schools until college. I had many great teachers, but on the other hand, 1/3 of them were incompetent and were lucky to be in a system with tenure. The problem is that the union protects everyone. Get rid of the deadweight and distribute their salaries to the remaining ones with talent. Class sizes would increase, but the teachers I admired had at least 50% more kids in their classes than what I see in my kid's elementary school.


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