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15 years of experience. 2 masters degrees. $60K in student loan debt. Net $50K a year. Pay into retirement (which the state wants to take), will not get social security. Pay over $400/month for health insurance. If Rahm is treating teachers like this WITH a union, what do you think he would do if we didn't have a union? What kind of quality teachers do you think would want to work for CPS? And, even if your children don't attend CPS, don't you want quality teachers educating youth to minimize the crime rate, poverty level, prison numbers? It is a domino effect. Don't you get it? They are looking at education like it is a business rather than a school system. You are directing your anger in the wrong direction here!
First, there was Chris Christie. Then, Scott Walker. And now...Rahmbo.
Yes, Mayor of Chicago and President Obama's former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is gearing up for a battle with the Chicago Teachers' Union, likely to come to a head this summer. And while he's Gov. Walker's political antithesis, Emanuel finds himself in the same sort of budgetary crisis as Walker's Wisconsin -- and staring at the very same solution: cutting costs in unionized areas of the public sector.
While he’s also working to implement cost cutting for firefighters and cops, Emanuel’s most prominent target is...
It is not about short changing the teachers, its about the fact that no city or state can continue to support pension plans. Pension plans are simply not sustainable long term.
Pensions are breaking citys nationwide!
I think they should do away with the teaching certificate and require all of them to have at least one massters degree. Then get rid of the unions who protect these dumb teachers, and pay the qualified teachers accordingly.