Comments on: Teacher tenure bill defeated in Assembly

By: MrSubtle

MrSubtle — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 05:22:39 +0000

In reply to Richard Rider. Amen Brother!

By: Jade Helm

Jade Helm — Sun, 31 May 2015 03:43:30 +0000

Ah, come on, now. How could ya not want to grant life long job security to these dedicated public servants?

By: eck

eck — Sat, 30 May 2015 02:52:33 +0000

In reply to Ronald Stein. Amen. There is no rational reason for tenure for any public school, secondary or college, teacher. It's insane. It's a job, like any other, and we taxpayers are on the hook to pay for it. Also as to the Richard Rider's comment, below, exactly. Never gonna get thru the politicians. Will have to be initiative.

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Fri, 29 May 2015 21:56:25 +0000

CTA and their union allies, along with the powerful within the Democrat Party — will ALWAYS support union control over student benefit. No amount of reform will meaningfully change that.

Only one reform will really do the job — choice in education. REAL choice, including private schools. Education vouchers or tax credits (I prefer the latter) are the way to go.

It will NEVER happen though our legislature. Only the initiative option offers any hope, and even that is a long shot. But it should be tried — every election cycle.

By: Ronald Stein

Ronald Stein — Fri, 29 May 2015 20:23:19 +0000

Support for “tenure” for teachers is blatantly discriminatory as he is not supportive of tenured job protection for other occupations.

Performance from TENURED teachers is irrelevant for their guaranteed jobs! Tenured teachers are NOT required to teach! In a non-competitive environment, tenure is a direct reflection on low student performance scores as ill qualified teachers are protected from being fired. Tenure protects those in their careers from the competition young workers would generate.

The unintended consequences of tenure are that students are often shuffled from one grade to the next on the basis of attendance, even if they do not know the material.

The battle is on: Tenured teachers’ job protection along with no accountability for their performance vs. the students’ need to learn from teachers with no accountability to actually teach. In a “real” business environment, only the performers survive.

Sports: Can you imagine tenured athletes with guaranteed jobs having the motivation to be competitive against athletes fighting for their jobs?

Construction: Can you expect quality work and adherence to any schedule with a complacent worker tenured with job protections?

Medical: Can you expect quality service from individuals with protected jobs and complacency to stay abreast of the latest technologies and procedures?

If tenure is allowed to continue, an even playing field would provide tenure opportunities for heart surgeons, airline pilots, athletes, and construction workers, etc., so that they too have guaranteed jobs with no accountability for performance and protect them from the competition young workers would generate.