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Unions Tell Taxpayers: “We have no confidence in you.”

Joseph64 Wrote: Sep 22, 2012 11:01 AM
The logical step is to take education online. Get teachers to record lessons on video and post them to a website. You only need a handful of teachers to educate every kid in the country that way.
Bill904 Wrote: Sep 22, 2012 5:02 PM
You're assuming, Joseph, that straight lecture is a good way for people to learn. It's not.
Right Wing Mom Wrote: Sep 22, 2012 2:53 PM
Joseph, I'm nearly finished with an online master's degree (mathematics) offered by a Tier 1, bricks-and-mortar university. For a self-motivated student of high intelligence, online is OK - BUT! - I really miss the back-and-forth discussion of a classroom.

I also teach high school math at a suburban Texas school. Only about 10 of my 180 students would thrive in such an environment, and half would fail. Students who are having difficulty mastering a concept need to have their individual mistakes examined and discuss their misconceptions with the instructor.

All over the country, union leaders are demanding that communities cough up extra cash to help “make teachers whole.” And unions around the country are testing the waters with teachers by asking teachers in budget stricken districts to vote “no confidence” in the community to send a message to taxpayers to cough up cash or else.

The “or else?”

Strike.      

Never mind making communities whole; those communities can never be whole under Obama.

As cash-strapped municipalities deal with declining tax revenues and too-rosy assumptions made by administrators and union officials, teachers unions are stamping their feet, holding their breath and...

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