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A comment on Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60000 for public school teachers. Parent comment

Re:Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60000 for public sch... by ethbr0 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:38AM (#34806328)
> at will employment with school district

This is thorny, because it gets into the problems tenure was created to combat: school administration's goals aren't always student success.

Especially now, they can be myopically assessment-focused or political.

Subordinating teachers to the whim of administration wouldn't help this. Jury-of-their-peers is slightly better, but has its own issues.

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Re:Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60000 for public sch... by option on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @12:42PM (#34807567)
school boards are (and should be) elected positions. So theoretically they are accountable to parents.
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Re:Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60000 for public sch... by ethbr0 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @01:04PM (#34807947)
Parents definitely shouldn't be the primary source of authority.

If you want to know how badly otherwise seemingly mature adults can behave, come to a local school board meeting in Florida.

"For the kids" + average parent = asshole with no holds barred

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