Chicago teachers to strike for first time in 25 years. (Brown, compare, party)

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Ah, common statement from a Republitard, drinking form the kool-aid much? Blame it on the teachers and then wonder why education keeps getting worse and worse as less and less good teachers want to teach any more.

Actually, good teachers don't want to teach anymore because they see crappy teachers continue on the job, thanks to the inability of districts to get rid of bad teachers, ALL THANKS TO THE UNIONS.

[HappyTexan]

When is the Rahm recall petition going to start ?

[florida.bob]

I wonder? If the Repubs are successful at shutting down all unions, who will they then have to blame for economic raping of America?

[Savoir Faire]

Originally Posted by TheFix

Tomorrow, Flip-Flop Romney will say he supports the teachers' unions 100%, and will take credit for the strike.

That's Romney, can't seem to make up his mind on anything

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by florida.bob

I wonder? If the Repubs are successful at shutting down all unions, who will they then have to blame for economic raping of America?

Rahm is a Repub now ?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Savoir Faire

That's Romney, can't seem to make up his mind on anything

The Obama WH is staying neutral. They won't take a side. I thought Obama stood behind the unions ?

He did with the WI teacher issue. He even told them he'd walk the picket line with them if they decided to strike. Repub vs union..he took a stand.

But Chicago is Dem vs union...he won't take a stand.

[Cardiff Kook]

The only thing you need to know about a thread that Trace starts is this:

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Enough said

[seahawkgirl]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Because those education costs are typically not applied to teacher pay.

A 16% increase in salaries was being applied to the teacher's pay. It wasn't good enough for them.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by florida.bob

The strike is about over, hasn't and never had much to do with pay.

It's almost worse than pay -- the teachers do not want to be held accountable for their poor job performance. Kids failing on stardardized exams isn't something they want to be responsible for in any way.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by seahawkgirl

A 16% increase in salaries was being applied to the teacher's pay. It wasn't good enough for them.

They want 30%. It's only fair you know.

And they don't want to be judged on how kids perform on the state tests.
Are they special ? Because Obama's RTT does just that...evaluate teachers based on student performance. And anyone who got a waiver for NCLB has to go with RTT and do just that. Illinois did put in for a waiver but wanted to evaluate teachers based on socio-economic items like poverty and the WH denied their application and gave them a one year freeze.

When RTT first got announced the Dems were all for it. Now that they have to implement it though it becomes another story.