tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post4793719138572601151..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: What a Tenure-Free Future Looks LikeDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-92122411923345766272012-04-05T04:44:22.020-07:002012-04-05T04:44:22.020-07:00The consultant above is a Broad Academy Fellow. Se...The consultant above is a Broad Academy Fellow. Senator Sarlo? are you aware?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-86917536423691196632012-04-04T16:14:42.580-07:002012-04-04T16:14:42.580-07:00Thanks for the tip, Anon. Looks like a hell of a s...Thanks for the tip, Anon. Looks like a hell of a story...Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-80476896291397026752012-04-04T09:23:27.448-07:002012-04-04T09:23:27.448-07:00Duke - did you read yesterday's article in the...Duke - did you read yesterday's article in the Paterson Press where the School District hired a consulting firm which they pay over $7,000 a day for a consultant! The guy who owns the firm is a full-time superintendent from Colorado who hired a relative, who was dismissed from the federal government on some kind of misconduct. You can't make this stuff up! Would love to know what miracles these consultants have performed in the past that they can get $7K a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-52854228007972814082012-04-03T17:47:49.371-07:002012-04-03T17:47:49.371-07:00Tenure has been around for almost 100 years. All o...Tenure has been around for almost 100 years. All of a sudden, it's such a big problem? And in a state with a high performing traditional public school system. Even the supposedly failing inner city schools are not enough to bring down NJ to Mississippi or Louisiana levels. Most of the schools in NJ are performing well with good results because (overall and on average) NJ ranks in the top 5 states, it's in the top tier of US schools with tenure and unions! If tenure and unions are so HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, then why do NJ schools rank in the top tier of schools in the US. And that's with Camden and Newark schools thrown into the mix. Getting rid of tenure and unions will not improve the schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-12979172309995792032012-04-03T13:04:31.235-07:002012-04-03T13:04:31.235-07:00Boy Anon you really do ignore the obvious.
No ha...Boy Anon you really do ignore the obvious. <br /><br />No has ever said that teaching isn't a job that people will want. What has been said however is that qualified professionals won't be flocking in for jobs that don't pay decent middle class salaries AND can be taken away on a whim. Something this post illustrates quite well.<br /><br /> Either you want just anyone teaching in the schools or professionals....you can't have both ways. Remember it's all about the kids.czarejshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089312317697283489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-66207633260740139232012-04-03T12:20:03.855-07:002012-04-03T12:20:03.855-07:00Ya gotta pick one or the other, Duke. Either teach...Ya gotta pick one or the other, Duke. Either teaching in NJ is a poverty-stricken hellhole of a thankless job, or it is something that elected officials would strive and pull favors for in order to place loved ones.<br /><br />You can't have it both ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com