Across the pond, education is treated a bit differently yet some of the same issues transcend countries. The BBC reports on the latest round of Education legislation under consideration. Of note:
There will be plans to allow parents of unruly pupils to be taken to court by schools.
Wouldn’t that be interesting.
http://www.mobilelearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/films/film-george-mckenna.html
http://www.mobilelearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/films/film-doug-mccurry.html
Might there also be a minority of unruly teacher problems? I have recently read about a national parent move to do something about teacher’s unions. Oh, my! There is just too much going on in education that adds to its brokenness. I want to toss this situation into the ring to get your points of view.
Teachers Union Facts
http://teachersunionexposed.com/site_guide.cfm
You can select Connecticut from the sidebar on the left side of the page for specific info.
Center for Union Facts is a very secretive anti-union group, based in Washington, DC, and led by a lobbyist named Rick Berman. He, and his organizations (he uses several names), refuse to identify his source of income, but seem to have plenty of money to lobby against certain legislation and fund multi-million dollar advertising camapigns. Much of what he blames on unions is simply not true. Bad teachers can be fired, but not capricously. The unions will represent them to ensure they get due process protections written into their contracts, but will not defend against criminal charges, or civil suits. Other unions offer similar protection for their members. There are administrations, and boards of education, that are too lazy or timid to fire bad teachers and blame the unions. Much the same way poor management in the Auto industry try to blame the unions for management’s failings