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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. Re:Difficult to Define a "Good" Teacher by kklein · · Score: 1, Troll

    And Japanese are not economically that much worse off than Americans.

    I was about to reply about the standard of living over here in Japan (you're not going to become phenomenally wealthy, but everyone is comfortably middle class--the guy at the gas station will probably be able to afford to send his kids to college if they want to go--I call that better than in the US), but then I realized something, I think...

    Are you actually using "Japanese" and "American" to mean "Americans of Japanese descent" and "Americans of random European (white) descent"? Because if you are, well... I'm glad we didn't elect you, Ms. Palin.