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Obama Wants $1 Billion For "Master Teachers Corps"
theodp writes "The White House has unveiled a proposal to create a national elite teachers corps to reward the nation's best educators in science, technology, engineering and math. In the first year, as many as 2,500 teachers in those subjects would get $20,000 stipends on top of their base salaries in exchange for a multiyear commitment to the STEM Master Teacher Corps. The Obama administration plans to expand the corps to 10,000 nationwide over the next four years, with the ultimate goal that the elite group of teachers will pass their knowledge and skills on to their colleagues to help bolster the quality of teaching nationwide."
"I'm tring to work out from TFA whether this is aimed at recruiting new teachers, or developing existing ones."
It's neither. The Chicago Mobster is just funneling more graft to the unions in a desperate attempt to buy votes as they already have internal pollong showing a massive loss for Obama in November.
Whenever you see a government program you need to understand that the name they attach *never* indicates the actual goal of the the effort.
Depatrment of Energy - they produce no energy.
Department of Education - they educate no one.
Affordable Healthcare Act - does nothing to provide healthcare and will increase costs
You are unbelievably naive if you believe Obama and his team have any interest in furthering the education of our young people.
the poor deserve to have stupid children, as god intended
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
I do not really give a shit what they teach anymore.
As long as their unions make districts shuffle bad teachers around instead of firing them, as long as they somehow deserve to get paid a good full years wage for a few months work, as long as every time there is a pay dispute I have to watch commercial about how they are only thinking of the children then Fuck Them.
Teachers are one of the most entitled "Classes" of people I have ever seen. At least here in California.
Their work product sucks. They blame it on lack of funds. You give them more money and their work product gets worse. They say they just need more money.
In California these union thugs are using our children against us in order to rape the public of their funds.
Fuck Unionized Public Educators. Fuck every single one of them.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
I can see it at your house now,
Riceballsan: Get your shoes on junior, we are going away
Junior: Why?
Riceballsan: because I have an appointment
Junior: why?
Riceballsan: Because I need a check up at the dentist
Junior, why
Riceballsan: because you are supposed to get one every year, hurry up you are making me late
Junior: why
Riceballsan: because.... hey, get away from that, it is hot.
Junior: why
(cue screaming of a little child)
Riceballsan:Oh that looks like a third degree burn. Oh well, I guess it is a trip to the ER instead of the dentist, was late anyways.
Later that night, Riceballsan discusses how special (not in a short bus kind of way ) the kid is with the other half. This reaffirms to Riceballsan how great of a parent he is raising a kid that doesn't listen, questions everything and almost kills himself without quite making the darwin awards. Yes, everyone should raise kids like that..