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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:16 PM Original message |
Arizona law changes way teachers contract with districts |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. It happening quickly in many states now. Arne's money... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. They are doing it in Nevada, too, |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have a strong suspicion they're working on that here, too. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. We don't have a state contract either |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'm thinking the end run will be the state forcing districts to adopt - |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. They did that in Louisiana, then laid off the best and highest paid teachers with seniority |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Now we understand what "Teach for America" was all about. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Teachers will have "careers" of only 2 or 3 years |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. We have Teach for America here |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. In a way I'm glad my favorite teacher didn't live long enough to see the |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. more Change you can believe in from obama's administration friends nt |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. What does Obama have to do with a local AZ issue? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. These changes are coming from the US Dept of Ed |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. OK. Sorry about inflicting my own ignorance on you. nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. No problem. It's all pretty complicated. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. He is the most anti-public education president in American history |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wait until President Obama finds out about this. I'm sure he'll put a stop to it. |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Are you serious? nt |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. You just wait. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. irony, right? |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. No, he won't. He's the one, through flunky Arne Duncan, who is destroying public ed |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Oh ye of little faith. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Yep, it's all part of his new "No School Left Standing" plan. n/t |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Privatization will allow the market to work its magic on the public schools. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Do I detect a note of sarcasm there? |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well I'm sure this will prove to be a powerful inducement.... |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Those talented dedicated YOUNG people, and face it, this |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. How about hiring the best workers, not the ones who had a desk the longest? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. OK, now tell us how to decide who are the *best* teachers.. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Student SAT's? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. 3rd graders don't take sats. IQ is supposedly a measure of inherent ability & |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Wow, we could have a very long discussion about thought and learned IQ. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. So because you had some horrid teachers, that means this is justified?! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 06:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Some of my teachers had blonde hair. Some were brown. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I had a bad doctor once |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:08 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Would you treat doctors better, based on their years of work? |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Again, somebody who thinks because he or she was in school, he or she is an expert |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Please explain the bullshit. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Tenure does not mean teachers can't be fired |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Due process makes sense. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. I Can't Believe Our President Condones This Shit |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It's pretty sad, isn't it? |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Touché |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. There's a reason those at the top send their kids to private schools |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Of course, he's in bed with the privatizers n/t |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
20. As a teacher, I know there are some of my colleagues |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. And those people aren't held accountable--EVER |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. Senority is BS. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. You're Painting With A Pretty Broad Brush There Buddy |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. That's the only brush he has. |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
56. That might be the stupidest thing I've ever seen posted on DU. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. The daycaring of our schools continues apace. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. There is nothing so screwed up in Arizona that they can't make worse. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Notice that Arizona and Florida contain a huge proportion of retirees |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
46. One of the local districts in the area has mentioned |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Has that local district also mentioned fully funding those classrooms? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Fully funding? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. i think there is. & the scale will be money. a few exceptions will jump |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Stunning. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. IDIOTS!!!!! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
59. "Race to the Top" huh? Obviously, somebody's fucking losing ground here. nt |
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