Archive for the ‘teacher unions’ Category
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Yesterday I wrote about attracting the best and the brightest teachers. There are two basic things that need to change if we are going to attract the best and the brightest teachers. (This is not to say that some of the teachers now aren't the best and the brightest.) The ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Can you imagine 400,000 people staying home from work?
As a teacher I am often asked how I would fix schools in America. I always say the easiest way is to raise starting salaries to about $60,000 a year then wait seven to ten years. I figure the raise in pay ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
There is an ongoing Teachers Strike taking place in New York over a contract dispute with the Archdiocese. In case you haven’t figured it out, this is Union related.
Members of The Federation of Catholic Teachers, which represents about 3,300 teachers at 195 elementary schools and 17 high schools, were on ...
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