I hear the same thing from relatives who are teachers. I think that this is the biggest reason that the teachers unions are taking a beating right now...taxpayers are getting fed-up with their unwavering support of bad teachers and their (in most instances) refusal to work to make reforms. In...
Wow. Great post Matt. I was fortunate that my parents were able to afford to send me to smaller private schools until high school. Changing to a public school was an eye opening experience. I saw several teachers (and staff) that should not have been there. The good news was that for every...
I don't want to discuss this too much as I haven't seen it yet (its shipped!). I think that is the biggest problem. Both sides (Teachers Unions and the Administration) are too reluctant to try new ideas. Its fairly obvious that the "old ideas" aren't working too well what's the harm in trying...
Thanks for the review Neil. I look forward to watching it. I haven't seen this yet, but really want to. As a parent who has children that are going to to be starting school in a year or two this is a subject that is going to get a lot more interesting. We have opted for private school for...