November 15, 2005
Everything is at stake
Have you heard of The Teaching Commission?
Probably not - but if you think teaching is valuable, and that teachers should be treated and paid like the professionals they are, then it's time you learned more about the mission of The Teaching Commission.
Here, in PDF format is their report: "Teaching at Risk - a Call to Action"
Please read it, and post your comments.
Tim
Comments
Tim:
Haven't had enough time to read this report, but had another question. Teacher unions have been part of CA education since the beginning of the state's founding. The Classified union CSEA was started in 1927. California Teachers Association began in 1863 and California Federation of Teachers in 1919.
These unions have whethered numerous changes in the CA economy and have been a part of every change in California Education to date.
1. Has the union system done good things to keep, develop, and retain good teachers? Will the union system be able to manage the teaching profession in the future?
2. Do you believe the union system will enable California schools to produce teachers and students ready for the information age.
3. Do you believe in the Educational Employment Relations Act, which grants teachers the right to organize and collectively bargain on wages, work conditions, benefits and hours. Or should this be reformed?
4. Do you believe union negotiation should include curriculum issues and other areas outside wages, conditions, benefits, and hours.
Scott
Tim:
Haven't had enough time to read this report, but had another question. Teacher unions have been part of CA education since the beginning of the state's founding. The Classified union CSEA was started in 1927. California Teachers Association began in 1863 and California Federation of Teachers in 1919.
These unions have whethered numerous changes in the CA economy and have been a part of every change in California Education to date.
1. Has the union system done good things to keep, develop, and retain good teachers? Will the union system be able to manage the teaching profession in the future?
2. Do you believe the union system will enable California schools to produce teachers and students ready for the information age.
3. Do you believe in the Educational Employment Relations Act, which grants teachers the right to organize and collectively bargain on wages, work conditions, benefits and hours. Or should this be reformed?
4. Do you believe union negotiation should include curriculum issues and other areas outside wages, conditions, benefits, and hours.
Scott
Posted by: Scott Blough at November 17, 2005 08:44 AM