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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 12:53 PM Original message |
No more tenure for teachers hired in Florida after July 1st this year. Lose collective bargaining. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 12:58 PM Original message |
New teachers will move to states with the best opportunities, or the best test score districts. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think the teachers' union is going to sue. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. k&r |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Also, No More Experienced North East Teachers Coming Down |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly, why should they come to a state with new punitive stuff for teachers? |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. My daughter is a teacher at a charter school |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't know. |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Art or PE teacher would not have wanted me in their class |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes, it's tragic really. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Since they started calling it LIFO...they won. |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. There's no state income tax in Florida |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. What's your point? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Reminded of Ravitch's recent comment about benefits envy toward teachers. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. The first ten years of teaching is scratching for pennies as you pay off your loans. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's true. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. What's this idiot going to do next? Close the schools? |
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NICO9000 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Don't give him any other ideas! |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is the 50% coming out of their salary? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. 50% of the merit pay apparently. 5% out for retirement. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Elections matter. Everyone needs to vote straight D next year |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. At some point, the biggest weapon in the arsenal should be brought into the light |
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erodriguez (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe it is time to boycott testing. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. The onslaught against teachers is sickening. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is there any way to reverse the damage with the next govenor? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. this is devastating for the teaching profession |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. It is truly devastating. |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm just thinkin' if Jerry Brown hadn't won California.. |
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Riley18 (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. State Senator Evelynn Lynn wrote in the local paper that |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes, they are patronizing us...and insulting us. |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Pondering Legal Implications of Value-Added Teacher Evaluation |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I hope you are right. There will need to be some lawsuits. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Consumer Ratings of All Private Sector (CRAPS) |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. Just listening to Malloy's rant on Rick Scott |
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KathieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yep...it sucks, and it's not only teachers who are being screwed... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Raising retirement age for special risk is really bad. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. Great. Who in the hell will want to teach in Florida now?? They just destroyed the profession. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. I hope they fight back..this is so wrong..words fail. n/t |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. The only way to fight back is to get republicans out of office. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Trouble is... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Quite true. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
35. Sickening |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. That's it in a nutshell...great post. n/t |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Would you be willing to share that "shared sacrifice" toon? |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Absolutely! |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Republicans seem to hate children for some reason. |
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ctwayne (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. So Where are the Protests? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. There have been protests. I posted about some of them. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Save our Schools March & National Call to Action, July 28-31, Washington, D.C. & nationwide. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
44. We can't afford to pay teachers |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Indeed...wars to fund. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. Columnist tells of how confusing the bill is. |
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Matt Shapiro (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. What is adequate or exceptional "learning growth?" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. You are right about the lack of outrage over collective bargain being lost. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. So happy I only have a little more than 2 months until retirement! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Glad I am already retired. |
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