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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] This is what happens when business people get too involved in education.  Teachers do not have "customers."[/quote]
I think this comment gets to the nub of the conflict. Many teachers seem to feel their profession is a calling, almost like the priesthood, where they should be lauded for their sacrifices and honored for the education that got them the teaching position. But many parents and policy makers now expect more - they want the teachers who are most successful at educating students. Perhaps it's also a function of the fact that, unlike the past, there are now more people who want to be teachers than there are teacher jobs, so those doing the hiring can afford to be picky.  Speaking as a parent who wants good teachers for my children, I have no vendetta against teachers generally, nor do I want to wage war on teachers. But I get frustrated when I encounter less effective teachers, and I get even more frustrated when I hear stories about how hard it is for schools to remove those ineffective teachers. In short, teacher should consider themselves to have "customers" now.[/quote]

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