tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post5626163754803706783..comments2023-10-31T10:36:24.845-05:00Comments on K12 Reformer - Mike Reno: Make student performance -- not teacher protectionism -- the top priorityMike Renohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02321695059501190325noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post-90767847068711851292009-10-30T13:03:58.683-05:002009-10-30T13:03:58.683-05:00Bill:
As usual, you point the finger of blame at ...Bill:<br /><br />As usual, you point the finger of blame at half-truths.<br /><br />Yes, "weak" administrators bear responsibility, but the entire union-based public ed- system in which "administrators" and "educators" function, clearly favors "worker rights" over student achievement.<br /><br />Administrators who cut their teeth in this environment, are rarely willing to stick their well-compensated necks on the line, knowing the depths of the union's audacity.<br /><br />Consequently, public school studenrts and our society pay the price of keeping too many undeserving ed- school alum's in their "day jobs".Brother Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post-54615964874408781942009-10-21T07:43:58.704-05:002009-10-21T07:43:58.704-05:00Ineffective teachers are allowed to remain in the ...Ineffective teachers are allowed to remain in the system because of weak administration. I have years of experience at several schools--and I'm here to tell you that blind eyes are routinely turned away from at-will employees who can--and should be--easily replaced (part-time teachers, staff, etc.)<br /><br />You're dreaming--dreaming--if you think eliminating tenure will magically make school boards and administrators "clean house." They aren't doing it now--nor have they ever done it with systematic consistency--with at-will employees at it is! <br /><br />Hello! <br /><br />But you will get some gung-ho people like yourself who will gladly wield an ax in a post-tenure world. The result? Academic freedom squelched. Nepotism. Brown nosing at the expense of doing what's right in the classroom. You know, the stratified dysfunctional bs that goes on in the business world. <br /><br />I'm been in schools and I've walked the walk, Mike. I know what I'm talking about. This is my day job.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post-29611595477659011802009-10-14T07:34:01.881-05:002009-10-14T07:34:01.881-05:00Some perspective from Thomas Toch in the Det News ...Some perspective from Thomas Toch in the Det News Tuesday, Oct. 13...gee, Mike, how come you didn't trumpet this piece of commentary?<br /><br />http://www.detnews.com/article/20091013/OPINION01/910130314/1008/opinion01/Five-myths-about-paying-good-teachers-moreBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post-38440522582981162882009-09-28T10:11:57.367-05:002009-09-28T10:11:57.367-05:00Actually, Bill, I think you are the one that deser...Actually, Bill, I think you are the one that deserves the iffy grade for your inability to thoroughly read and understand the material presented. I'm happy to tutor! :-)<br /><br />You have a serious problem misinterpreting things. This is not about teachers... it's about the bizarre system that has been created by the union.<br /><br />The article and the post is NOT about incompetence per se... it's about the protection of incompetence. It's about the roadblocks that are placed in front of prudent assignments and scheduling.<br /><br />There are plenty of great teachers. But you don't describe them as teachers... you describe them as "union teachers". This leads me to believe that you are confused about why they are great.<br /><br />They are great because of their drive and dedication. They are effective because of their skills. They are not great BECAUSE OF the union.<br /><br />But consider the opposite.<br /><br />Ineffective teachers are arguably allowed to remain ineffective BECAUSE OF the union. It shields them... keeps them in the system.<br /><br />That is the point of the article, Bill.Mike Renohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321695059501190325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post-25102367562130258392009-09-28T07:33:07.190-05:002009-09-28T07:33:07.190-05:00first off, using detroit schools as a representati...first off, using detroit schools as a representative example of what ills all public schools is a bit misleading. that mess is its own entity down there. what about all the positive stories where union teachers are doing a great job, mike? <br /><br />ditto with the example story you did last year on tenure. yeah, let's go out and find the most gross example we can find and use that to smear the entire tenure system.<br /><br />but you don't see anything wrong with your approach? if i had students doing that kind of crap they'd be getting an iffy grade or told to do some more work.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post-75801173846580063082009-09-23T20:01:28.230-05:002009-09-23T20:01:28.230-05:00Presumably Johnson is justifying his union's h...Presumably Johnson is justifying his union's hardline using a rallying cry he knows will resonate with his own rank & file.<br /><br />The picture he paints to rationalize the DFT's purpose in the mean, urban schools it serves doesn't seem like such a stretch.<br /><br />Yet if fighting institutional racism is the teacher union's primary function, maybe his challenge to Arellano, the press and the city warrants meticulous scrutiny:<br /><br />"...it seems to be taboo to hold students responsible for coming to school and parents accountable for getting them there. Why don't people like Arellano speak out against the violence rendered by students against their peers and their teachers? Why isn't there an outcry about the high level of student transiency and truancy and their adverse effect upon student achievement?" <br /><br />Why indeed?Sister Check Wriernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526659937118816707.post-18789115655404408802009-09-23T14:49:22.845-05:002009-09-23T14:49:22.845-05:00OMG!!!
Who is this guy?
"Without seniority ...OMG!!!<br /><br />Who is this guy?<br /><br />"Without seniority protection, some teachers would be eliminated, not because they are not doing the job, but because they are white. Yes, in 2009 we have some black administrators who do not believe white teachers should teach black children. Imagine the uproar if a white principal in Howell didn't believe white students should be taught by black teachers."<br /><br />I say, imagine the uproar that SHOULD be taking place with this guy calling the principals racists!!!<br /><br />Where is the proof? Can he just toss out unsubstantiated accusations like that?<br /><br />Where is the Detroit News on THAT!Crackernoreply@blogger.com