Comments on: No Bad Teachers Left Behind In California http://donklephant.com/2006/10/01/no-bad-teachers-left-behind-in-california/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ChrisO http://donklephant.com/2006/10/01/no-bad-teachers-left-behind-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-80525 ChrisO Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:01:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/01/no-bad-teachers-left-behind-in-california/#comment-80525 So a Democratic senator authors the bills, and a heavily Democratic Senate and Assembly pass them, but Schwartzenegger gets credit for a "sound decision" because he signed it? So a Democratic senator authors the bills, and a heavily Democratic Senate and Assembly pass them, but Schwartzenegger gets credit for a “sound decision” because he signed it?

]]> By: JustAnotherIdjut http://donklephant.com/2006/10/01/no-bad-teachers-left-behind-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-80483 JustAnotherIdjut Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:07 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/01/no-bad-teachers-left-behind-in-california/#comment-80483 "we’ve got sucky teachers all the time who need to be removed but the process is long, protracted and ultimately ineffectual (because its so rare!). Plus - whose going to take their place?" ummm... No offense Eural, but I hope you're not an English teacher. :) “we’ve got sucky teachers all the time who need to be removed but the process is long, protracted and ultimately ineffectual (because its so rare!). Plus – whose going to take their place?”

ummm… No offense Eural, but I hope you’re not an English teacher.
:)

]]> By: Eural http://donklephant.com/2006/10/01/no-bad-teachers-left-behind-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-80254 Eural Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:59:23 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/01/no-bad-teachers-left-behind-in-california/#comment-80254 I'm a teacher in a public hs in SC and the education "problem" has three parts that have to be addressed. One is teacher quality - we've got sucky teachers all the time who need to be removed but the process is long, protracted and ultimately ineffectual (because its so rare!). Plus - whose going to take their place? The other two problems are administration (too big, too bureaucratic, too inefficient yet the haven of hundreds of overpayed politcial appointees and syncophants) and parents (lazy, hypocritical, criminal in some cases and out of touch in most with no accountability for their part in the education of their children). We get a handle on those three things and we might start getting real results - I applaud Arnold (or anyone) who makes a stab at it! I’m a teacher in a public hs in SC and the education “problem” has three parts that have to be addressed. One is teacher quality – we’ve got sucky teachers all the time who need to be removed but the process is long, protracted and ultimately ineffectual (because its so rare!). Plus – whose going to take their place?

The other two problems are administration (too big, too bureaucratic, too inefficient yet the haven of hundreds of overpayed politcial appointees and syncophants) and parents (lazy, hypocritical, criminal in some cases and out of touch in most with no accountability for their part in the education of their children).

We get a handle on those three things and we might start getting real results – I applaud Arnold (or anyone) who makes a stab at it!

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