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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Utterly Despicable - Teacher's Unions Harming Education (Again)

What other ways can unions hurt our education system?

Tenure-based pay, rather than merit-based pay. The concept of tenure. Nearly impossible and very expensive to fire bad teachers. And now the UC system can't offer online courses without union approval.

Why? The UC-AFT isn't hiding anything:

"Bob Samuels, the president of the union, says this effectively gives the union veto power over any online initiative that might endangers the jobs or work lives of its members. “We feel that we could stop almost any online program through this contract,” Samuels told Inside Higher Ed."

Someone please make it stop. Unions need to be reigned in!

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