The Sorry, but Unapologetic, Teachers Unions

Larry Sand with a great column:

But seriously folks… don't hold your breath in anticipation of CTA or any teachers union apologizing for anything. Ain't gonna happen. Also, don't expect them to ever right any of the wrongs that they have foisted on our children, their parents and all taxpayers. In California, due to the union-inflicted tenure and dismissal statutes, on average just of 2 "permanent" teachers a year lose their jobdue to incompetence. That's 2 bad apples out of about 300,000. In my almost 30 years in the classroom, there were always at least 2 teachers at my school alonewho shouldn't have been allowed near children. This is not a secret; go into any school and ask who the incompetents are and you will get almost identical answers from teachers, kids, their parents, the principal, the assistant principal, guidance counselors, janitors, bus drivers, school secretaries and lunch ladies.

But instead of relaxing their intolerable policies, the unions divert attention by whining about a magazine cover. And while they do that, the rest of us – including parents, serious teachers, community members and yes, corporate types and tech gurus – are trying to make a troubled system better. American children can't wait a minute longer for the unions and labor-friendly school districts to willingly cede any of their onerous work rules. And they will never apologize for the mess they have made and continue to make of our public education system. In that sense, at least, they are one sorry bunch.

The Sorry, but Unapologetic, Teachers Unions

By Larry Sand On November 4, 2014 

 http://unionwatch.org/the-sorry-but-unapologetic-teachers-unions/