Chicago schoolteachers go on strike

[Fly Rod]

[QUOTE=sokinwet;958065
I'd love to see what some of you would do if put in a position where your job was on the line because you couldn't get through to some of these kids.[/QUOTE]

When I was young my job was on the line every day..seen people go every day....I was good enouh to stay till I opened my own company...some people that I hired on Monday were fired on that Friday....some lasted 30 years.....U get rid of the dead wood....can't do that with places of work that have tenure

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

some people that I hired on Monday were fired on that Friday....some lasted 30 years.....U get rid of the dead wood....can't do that with places of work that have tenure

Actually, schools can on Friday fire someone hired on Monday. They also can get rid of dead wood, even if that dead wood has tenure. Tenure does not mean one can't be fired. Common misconception. The strike is about teacher evaluation. Jim in CT's arch nemesis Dan Malloy helped enact a similar system in CT. The result is that the revolving doors in city schools will spin out of control, since there is no statistically valid way to judge the teachers performance via standardized tests.