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Saturday, June 15, 2013

DIFFICULT TO FIRE A TEACHER ? A RIDICULOUS MYTH | Teachers Fight Back

DIFFICULT TO FIRE A TEACHER ? A RIDICULOUS MYTH | Teachers Fight Back:

DIFFICULT TO FIRE A TEACHER ? A RIDICULOUS MYTH

The Chicago Public School Administrators are about to fire 420 teachers.  More than a third of the teachers have tenure, but they were rated either unsatisfactory or satisfactory.  The teachers union contract protects only those teachers with excellent or superior ratings.
Tenured teachers being fired ?  Yes, folks, it’s not all that uncommon. The Chicago Teachers Union is one of the most powerful teachers union in the nation, and even their tenured teachers can be fired if not EXCELLENT OR SUPERIOR.
I get so irritated whenever I hear the latest millionaire hedge fund manager explain how we have an education crisis because incompetent teachers can’t be fired.  The level of competency among teachers is no different than