Education Bureaucracy: Union Control vs Parental Control
[‘A’ Is for
Agitation: What’s Really Going on in
Jefferson County Schools by Michelle
Malkin] "There’s a big battle
brewing in the Jefferson County,
Colorado, school system. The
manufactured controversy over a
proposed curriculum review is
generating national New York Times
headlines. But the fight is not
about what misguided students and
biased reporters say it’s about.
“Censorship” is a red herring. The
real issue is union control.
Here’s the deal: Public school
teachers in this Denver-area
district walked out of their
classrooms this week to protest the
implementation of performance-based
pay. The JeffCo school board
approved the new compensation system
last week, which rewards the most
highly effective teachers with 4.2
percent raises, effective teachers
with 2.4 raises and inferior
teachers with nothing. Only 2
percent of teachers received no pay
raises.
One fact the grievance-mongering
teachers conveniently left out of
their politicized pep talks to
student sympathizers: The board gave
bonuses to 450 teachers who would
have otherwise received no raises
under the union’s arbitrary step
scale. The old system didn’t take
performance into any consideration
at all..." Full text:
‘A’ Is for Agitation: What’s Really
Going on in Jefferson County Schools
Also see:
Common Core
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