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great comment rescue from the story:
spj wrote:
The teachers caved. They were forced by R.I. to work longer, harder, for no additional compensation in order to keep their jobs and support their families. To me that smacks of extortion and abject servitude/slavery.
R.I., Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, and Secretary Duncan, and President Obama should be proud. They have shown that teachers are the scapegoats of our society.
If they had truly fired the teachers and replaced them with new personnel little would have changed. They are not addressing the root causes of why students in urban and other districts are not learning as we would like. Poverty, crime, drugs, etc. All factors that teachers do not control.
Yes, a longer day, extra tutoring can help; primarily by keeping kids off the street. But if you want it - pay for it.
Here is an idea. Start boarding schools in rural locations and force all the students in a failing district to attend school for nine months a year at a school where they have excellent living conditions, food, adult supervision 24 hours a day seven days a week. That way the government has complete control of the student body and environment. Expensive, but you might see some results.
The government ensuring that families and kids get what they really need - Opportunity, jobs, safety, food, etc. Just a dream - to busy bailing out banks and Wall Street.
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