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Downwinder

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21. Perhaps my experience was different from the norm.
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 05:34 AM
Jan 2014

The only bad teachers I had were new hires and they didn't last long.

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Getting rid of tenure is a mistake bluestateguy Jan 2014 #1
Totally true. The students either have a beef, don't understand the consequences or glinda Jan 2014 #2
The Students are not suing, rich conservatives are once again duping people PuppyBismark Jan 2014 #3
that's what i thought sounds like another coordinated alec attack leftyohiolib Jan 2014 #4
I looked up the attorney. He was hired and mentored by Ted Olson, one of the founding members okaawhatever Jan 2014 #20
How disgusting. Do you have proof that these students are ignorant? Or do msanthrope Jan 2014 #10
Tenure is an important property right, which falls to the civil rights of students. i msanthrope Jan 2014 #11
The Right Wing machine is on the move... lutefisk Jan 2014 #5
UNION BUSTING warrant46 Jan 2014 #24
Laws have "handcuffed" Administrators? SoapBox Jan 2014 #6
Obviously not history students. Tenure protects teachers & students on point Jan 2014 #7
Actually, what distinguishes these students from the Plaintiffs in 'Brown'? msanthrope Jan 2014 #9
Brown's cause was just, the cause here is frivilous and stupid bluestateguy Jan 2014 #12
And of course, you get to decide if the minority students are just??? nt msanthrope Jan 2014 #15
Or Lau. Igel Jan 2014 #14
You should fire chronically underperforming teachers. Three or more years msanthrope Jan 2014 #23
Teachers have no property interest in a civil rights violation. I've written extensively msanthrope Jan 2014 #8
Tenure is what attracts good people to teaching. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #18
So Prop 8 never should have been overturned? Is that your argument? That msanthrope Jan 2014 #22
Could you explain, please, how tenure deprives someone of a civil right. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #25
Simple. I documented how.budget-related firings were applied unequally, msanthrope Jan 2014 #26
definitely right wing labor busting reddread Jan 2014 #13
Great idea. Let's make even more lives suck. RufusTFirefly Jan 2014 #16
Schwarzenegger tried to get rid of teacher tenure and Californians voted for it. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #17
They're half right and entirely wrong. LeftyMom Jan 2014 #19
Perhaps my experience was different from the norm. Downwinder Jan 2014 #21
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