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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The anti-reform people posting here seem to be "the party of NO."  No reform can possibly work in their view. Makes me think their deeper agenda is shielding jobs, not improving the system. [/quote]
[u]You cannot improve education by hurting teachers. That is a fact.[/u] Unfortunately it is a fact that a lot of these "reform" ideas don't seem to recognize. If you want a good public education system, you must have well-trained, professional, well-paid, career teachers with decent working conditions.[/quote]
See, I just don't think that underlined statement is necessarily true.  Here are just a few quick examples:

1. If we limit teachers' pension plans, that hurts some teachers because they have smaller pensions.  But it puts more money into the school system for hiring more teachers, which improves education.

2. If we change the tenure rules to make it easier to fire bad teachers, that hurts some teachers who get fired.  But their positions will be filled by other teachers who are better, so it improves education.

3. If we hire a small group of retirees who have demonstrated they can teach effectively, and are willing to work for smaller salaries, we can replace some # of teachers and have more money for the school system to spend on education.  That hurts some teachers (those who were replaced), but it improves education.

Just because a proposal may mean some teachers lose their jobs, or otherwise might "hurt teachers," does not mean it's bad for education.  That's simply how the free market works.  Employers (here the school district) need to try to get the best workers they can for the best price.  At present, it seems many school districts are not trying to get the best price with regard to teachers.  [/quote]

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