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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've heard most schools are happy with the autonomy relating to the curriculums and not being unionized however, in terms of tenure and compensation for the employees I'm sure that's another issue. I've heard about a school in the area that is forcing out excellent employees because of their higher salaries and replacing them with relatively inexperienced teachers. I don't think these long term employees probably thought of the structural limits in compensation when they decided to accept their teaching positions. Now that those teachers are most likely being forced to find other jobs, do you think not being unionized is having a positive impact in the classroom? Having had a disgruntled teacher teach my child, I would not want my child to again be in a position where most of the power lies in one person like the HEad of a school making all the decisions. [/quote] I don't know if this is the NEA or what, but private schools aren't unionized and I can't imagine they will be -- there's enough out there to suggest that the effect of unions in public schools has been mixed at best that private schools are not going to jump on that bandwagon, and if private school teachers cared most about union status they'd get certified and go teach public. The intellectual autonomy is great, and the pay is not bad and better than it has ever been, now that schools have realized people actually live on independent school teaching salaries. If you don't like a school with a strong head, there are certainly schools out there (Friends' Schools, for the most part) where decision-making is more on the consensus model.[/quote]
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