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Old 07-19-2023, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackbird45 View Post
Here is the problem, teachers are offered tenure to compensate for their lack of salary.
The general public would have a fit if they had to pay a decent salary to a teacher.
So political negotiators offer tenure instead.
Tenure should be removed from all contracts and teachers should be held to their job performance, but the public should be aware that comes at a cost. You can't have it both ways.
In life you generally get what you pay for. Employees should be held to performance and if you have to pay more so be it. NYC has local school boards run mostly by people who have no business running school districts.