Posted by
Tim Blessing on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:09:18 PM
Teachers Unions.
I noticed that the Teachers Union in Seattle, Washington is blocking advanced courses funded by Microsoft.
I had a Grandmother who lived in the Northeast who was a teacher for 40 years and I know she was a member of the NEA.
Unions as a rule fear change because someone in their membership may lose their job.
Personally, if I was a Governor, I would issue an executive order taking over the school systems throughout the state.
I would then fire all staff and faculty and move to have the Washington State Education Association decertified.
Then I would rehire the staff and faculty on a case by case basis.
There is precedence for this at the federal level. The Air Traffic Controllers who in 1981 went on strike and Reagan fired them.
It disrupted airports, but the law is the law.
The NEA is frustrating efforts to fix the schools when the approach Public Educators are continuing to use is no longer working.
Like I said, I would fire everyone at the same time since they are civil service and have no right to mandate policy.