There's a lot to a lot of those opinions. I notice you don't try to refute any of them, only label them.
And #11 - that "an advanced math/science degree isn't sufficient to teach" doesn't take into account teaching ESL or Special Ed? So what?
You want a non-"opinion"? Income incentive based on performance rewards and attracts those who can perform, and encourages more work and performance from those already employed. Income incentive based only on length of time results in more ineffective teachers staying the longer at higher cost. Period.
Here's some more "opinion".
That elementary and high-school teachers get "tenure" which effectively makes firing them for non-performance is astonishing. That school districts can't competitively recruit a teacher of an in-demand subject requiring more (and/or better) education is ridiculous. That parents can't direct their tax dollars to whatever public (or, IMO, private) school will accept it is backwards.
You also complained that the previous poster said that it's become "all about the teachers' unions" - but it has. The AFT and NEA, pretending to have education improvement as a goal, fight against performance bonuses/pay raises tooth-and-nail, while embracing smaller class sizes which guarantee more teacher jobs.
Before you castigate someone for having "libertarian" views, look at the status quo you're championing, what it's cost so far, and how effective it's been.
Short letters are more likely to be read- I'll include brief arguments:
- economic: will move tech business out of NJ
- privacy: users data at risk of theft from tiny staffless web sites
- freedom: founders often wrote anonymously
> FYI, it is still *LEGAL* to record a TV show for your personal use.
Wrong. You can time-shift or media-shift shows that were broadcast, and you can back up material you own a copy of. TV shows do not fit that, and you have zero right to a multiple-use archival copy.
"Teachers are always up to date on these sorts of things"? Most teachers today couldn't _spell_ 'endocrine disruptors', or understand the claims being made about them, let alone have the reasoning skills to get past the political crap on both sides of most environmental issues.
The World Wildlife Fund can't be considered apolitical or scientific. The UN WHO is, by definition, political. Even so, all the headline on their web page says is "A new publication released today that further research is needed".
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There's a lot to a lot of those opinions. I notice you don't try to refute any of them, only label them. And #11 - that "an advanced math/science degree isn't sufficient to teach" doesn't take into account teaching ESL or Special Ed? So what? You want a non-"opinion"? Income incentive based on performance rewards and attracts those who can perform, and encourages more work and performance from those already employed. Income incentive based only on length of time results in more ineffective teachers staying the longer at higher cost. Period. Here's some more "opinion". That elementary and high-school teachers get "tenure" which effectively makes firing them for non-performance is astonishing. That school districts can't competitively recruit a teacher of an in-demand subject requiring more (and/or better) education is ridiculous. That parents can't direct their tax dollars to whatever public (or, IMO, private) school will accept it is backwards. You also complained that the previous poster said that it's become "all about the teachers' unions" - but it has. The AFT and NEA, pretending to have education improvement as a goal, fight against performance bonuses/pay raises tooth-and-nail, while embracing smaller class sizes which guarantee more teacher jobs. Before you castigate someone for having "libertarian" views, look at the status quo you're championing, what it's cost so far, and how effective it's been.
Short letters are more likely to be read- I'll include brief arguments: - economic: will move tech business out of NJ - privacy: users data at risk of theft from tiny staffless web sites - freedom: founders often wrote anonymously
> FYI, it is still *LEGAL* to record a TV show for your personal use. Wrong. You can time-shift or media-shift shows that were broadcast, and you can back up material you own a copy of. TV shows do not fit that, and you have zero right to a multiple-use archival copy.
"Teachers are always up to date on these sorts of things"? Most teachers today couldn't _spell_ 'endocrine disruptors', or understand the claims being made about them, let alone have the reasoning skills to get past the political crap on both sides of most environmental issues.
The World Wildlife Fund can't be considered apolitical or scientific. The UN WHO is, by definition, political. Even so, all the headline on their web page says is "A new publication released today that further research is needed".