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Why Is It So Difficult To Fire Bad Teachers?

Posted by timothy on from the indeed-news-for-nerds dept.

Ant writes with this depressing story about how public schools sometimes work: "This six-page Los Angeles Times article shares its investigation to find 'the process [of firing poor teachers] so arduous that many school principals don't even try (One-page version), except in the very worst cases. Jettisoning a teacher solely because he or she can't teach is rare ...'"

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  1. Simple answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Because there is so many bad school principals.

  2. Re:It's the bueracracy we hate ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

  3. Re:It's Simple by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've had maybe 5 good teachers, out of say the 7 new teachers I get each semester for the last 10 or so years. ~5/700.

    Apparently, none of those 5 were mathematics teachers, I'm guessing.

    The whole class constantly complains about her to the principle, but nothing is ever done.

    Nor were they English teachers, it'd seem ...

  4. Arrrr by OpenSourced · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are usually fat and get stuck in the cannon mouth

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  5. Re:Difficult to Define a "Good" Teacher by readin · · Score: 2, Funny

    and we we're expected to play games ahem, "...and we weren't expected to play games..."

    And yes, I did teach English better than I write it on slashdot.

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  6. Re:Public education... by mazarin5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My son came back from his classes in favor of a second term for Bush. It didn't really matter because he was 5.

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  7. Re:Public education... by inviolet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

    ...whereas those who study history will recognize it when they are repeating it.

    /sorry, feeling cynical tonight

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