I have trying to follow all the upheaval the some governors are creating in order to balance their budget by cutting spending in education and also making the teachers sacrifice regarding their benefits and their performance evaluation. I don’t really understand why the teachers unions are so against their members being evaluated on the basis of their performance in the classroom. If the teacher is good at teaching and if the students love the teacher, then there should not be problem. Does the opposition of the unions mean that they don’t want bad teachers to get fired? Like all the rest of the private sector, when you don’t do a good job at work, you either get bad evaluation in which case you don’t get your bonus or raise or both or you get fired. Why is this criterion not followed in the education sector?
Regarding benefits, once again since many people are suffering in this economy, teachers should also sacrifice. The towns and states simply don’t have the money to pay for all the benefits. Even the logic of raising property taxes to pay for them is getting pretty worn out with tax payers opposing it and saying enough is enough with more taxes. I am all for the teachers (as I was a teacher myself before), but with a good system in place, the good teachers should be separated from the mediocre in order for our kids to get good education.
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