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alwysdrunk

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Mon Dec-08-08 01:07 PM
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24. Because the teachers are organized and have political clout

The students and parents (I group these together), really don't. When it comes to bad teachers just showing up and going through the motions, the unions push for policies that protect these teachers jobs by pushing to keep tenure policies and such. That isn't the intention of those policies, but it is the effect.

I agree that the system needs complete overhaul. If the system worked in a different way, maybe the teachers wouldn't need unions at all.

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