Treu’s
ruling on tenure is like the huge boulder dropped from high into the pond
Sending out
tidal waves of change near and beyond
Parents,
concerned about dead end schools in New York, Connecticut and PA
Are in early
stages of suits to the crippling effect of tenure slay
The president
of the FTA slams the anti tenure lawsuit trend
Hoping it
will go away and might soon end
Bemoans that
for students to win, teachers must lose
Ignores the
growing charter school movement where parents choose
Couple
tenure with mandatory dues flowing into the creation of the Education Codes
A lesson
plan of influence that makes it impossible for the inept to be able to unload
If I were a
teacher with idealism to make teaching an agent of change career
Having as
co-teachers inept, burnt out men and women would cause me great fear
How could someone
put all the extra effort into work each day
When tenured
cohorts were going through the motions not earning their pay
Worse, what
about the teacher whose class is now full of an earlier grade whose teacher
failed in that person’s job?
Would cause
the good and the great teachers to want to tear out their hair, have a stiff
drink and sob.
After years
of turning legislatures into puppets pulled by the teachers’ union strings
Removing or
curtailing tenure would allow a chance for really learning to spring
Since the
legislatures addicted to the flow of union contributions in a steady stream
The courts
not dependent on contributions will have to be the venue for our kids to
achieve the American Dream
If the
unions were interested in kids as opposed to lifetime jobs and more money to
waste
They would want
to remove the inept while our public failing schools remain a continuing disgrace
Make no
mistake this will be a spreading court fight by the unions fought tooth and
nail
And for the
sake of parents and kids, this is a battle in which the unions must not prevail
© July
11, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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