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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 07:27 PM Original message |
New way of firing experienced teachers..."redefinition" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. An old trick |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Actually in our area teachers on CC would be reassigned, not fired. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Happened to me years ago. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #60 |
74. and that's where the real damage is done...when experienced teachers don't |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's almost impressive how you can take anything bad that happens in any school |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. And it's really impressive how some here still don't get it. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. When I see a series of far-fetched arguments, |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You think Duncan is the only one? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You didn't respond to the weakness in the post |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. there is no weakness in the post; you're just spinning. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. lol |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. lol |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You know what they say about imitation. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. , |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yep. Sometimes it is used to show up the bullshit. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
52. Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
49. hmm... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Deprofessionalizing teaching is a global project and was discussed |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. And so every effort at reform must be part of the global conspiracy, right? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I hve no interest in arguing your straw men. Buenas. n/t |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Straw-man? I directly refuted the claim you just made. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
50. What you term "reform" is actually destruction of the modern system of |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. "Many" pay better? In what area are we talking? Just New York? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Your critique assumes there's no connection between redefinition and Duncan. You are wrong. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. You're right. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I'm so done |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It is really troubling... |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
61. I don't use the ignore list. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Well. I don't really consider most DUers to be enemies. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. Believe me, I've wrangled with my share of the blind here. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Because Duncan's plans to corporatize education are being implemented everywhere |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. It's a global movement. Duncan is just the face of it in the United States. n/t |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Well, I see the hecklers upstream don't have a come-back for you. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I'm probably on ignore. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. My ignore list grows each time I click on a teacher thread. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I haven't taught in the past 10 years. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. You did get it. I often feel like the one-legged man in the ass-kicking contest. n/t |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. hmm... |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&Rnt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Big fucking K&R |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. this is what is happening where my wife works... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Also notice if they are hiring teachers through TFA or New Teacher Project.. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why didn't the union give back the 4%? From what you cite, |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. And when the next negotiating round comes around? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I wish you'd make this an OP: "Nothing that happend happened because market forces forced |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
67. Ah, yes. The UNION must go back on its NEGOTIATED contract. Such extortion would solve EVERYTHING. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Be sure to read the rest of the article at the 2nd link....the DNH list |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. k&r |
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sonomak (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. The most anti-educator Dept of Education ever |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yes, it is as simple as that. It's deliberate and it's hurting us. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Even bill bennet |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. So teachers got a 4% pay raise and are surprised some teachers lost their jobs? |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. But not likely. Meg Whitman, is that you? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yes. The proles should be grateful they have a job. Asking for fair compensation is unAmerican! |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. When I noted this upthread, I got an answer straight from Das Kapital. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
69. Ooooh, we're COMMIES! We should GO BACK TO RUSSIA! |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
63. And all the dahkies is a sittin on the porch a singin a spirituals |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
68. Yeah? Well, "the private sector" had their DECADES of LAUGHING at teachers' pay. SO, FT. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
73. Probably not. They'd have just found a different reason to get rid of people |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. K&R for standing for teachers & public education. nt |
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the redcoat (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's almost funny how |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. it's hysterical. also hysterical how the media strokes out about the proles wages while |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. And here people say the teacher's salaries were why people lost jobs. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. I wonder |
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nunyabidness (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. So you`re advocating firearms as a negotiating tool? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Actually, |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
45. Wow!! The agenda is crystal clear. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
47. So much for "last hired first fired." n/t |
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patty2828 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
51. Back to the 70's |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yeah... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Then wasn't there a time period where they almost demanded a masters? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Really? I was told in 1971 by a PA. h.s. that M. Ed's WERE sought. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. "Redifinintion", "Restructuring", "Trickle-Down" - Translation: Shafted. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
66. Example "re-definition"? I'd like to see how "English", "Social Studies", "Algebra" are re-defined. |
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