Monday, May 21, 2012
Teachers Unions and tenure
I feel as if teachers unions and tenure are both good and bad ideas. They are good because they protect the teachers if they are falsely accused of something they did not do. It's awful when something like this happens and it is really hard to be able to afford a lawyer on a teachers salary so teachers unions are great for great teachers! However, every once in awhile there will be a "bad seed" teacher who really needs to be fired and kick out the school districts and it is nearly impossible to do so because they have tenure and the teachers union they belong to will protect them. Overall, I believe who ever created or had the idea of teachers unions and tenure had the right idea but I do not think it was thought through very well and still has a few kinks in the ideas.
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Alyssa I agree with you that there are pros and cons to teachers unions and tenure and deciding whether or not to change the system is one of many different option. I also agree that tenure and teachers unions are very old systems that need to be updated to match today's time and demands.
ReplyDeleteVery hard topic because there are so many arguments for both pro and con. I agree that the thoughts of having job security are good but, not to keep bad teachers around.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that there are pros and cons. I also think they were a good idea and help a lot. However something should be done so bad teachers are not still in schools.
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