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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All teacher's unions have enormous power now with teachers quitting, retiring, etc. I suspect a deal will get done fairly quickly. One side has all the leverage and it's not even close. [/quote]

Then why no contract after over 3 years? If they have ‘enormous’ power.

Please, I encourage you to stop spreading misinformation. [b]It only hurts us and ultimately the kids pay the price as they have been.[/b] And yes, covid was a part of that and the learning loss. I volunteered to go back in Jan 2021 but even still I understand the hurt parents feel for their babies’ loss.

But we can only move forward and we (teachers) need a better evaluation system, title 1 schools especially need more resources, we need to figure out how we can stop chronic absences and tardies, and yes teachers do need a raise. I know we are paid ‘well’ but I want to continue living in DC, I support better wages for literally almost everyone.[/quote]

This is the insidious framing that teachers often employ, and it's often nonsense.  They suggest that anything that hurts teachers will inevitably hurt students.  In reality, the teachers union is looking out for the interests of teachers (as it should - this is not a criticism, that is the function of the union).  If it also helps the kids, great.  But that's serendipitous, not the purpose of the union's position.  But you can't have a conversation with a teacher without being told "what's good for teachers is good for students."  That's a myth.  [/quote]

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