Waiting for “Superman”
This was a very interesting and informative movie
regarding the school system across the United States. I became an employee of the Duval County
Public School system when my youngest daughter was in First grade. Being such, I have seen firsthand some of the
things that were portrayed in the video.
I think one of the worst is the fact that it is next to impossible to
fire a bad teacher because of tenure and/or the Union. I thought the way it was portrayed, the lemon
dance, was pretty funny and very accurate.
A principal can surplus a bad teacher, but because of tenure and the
union, that teacher is placed with another school. The movie showed a district in New York that
has what has been labeled the “Rubber Room” where bad teachers are assigned
until the district is able to complete their termination papers which is said
to take an average of 3 years. I do not
think that Duval has such a thing, but have seen teachers assigned to a school
where they were not assigned classes or any other duties. Another thing that I found informative was
the Charter schools. I actually learned
something in regards to them. I truly
had a completely different idea of about these types of schools and would like
to learn more about those in the Duval School District.
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