US Politics on Sidechat | Teachers unions protect teachers against administrative and legislative practices that are quick to criticize teachers for the flaws in education. Teachers unions prevent repercussions for good teachers being affected by bad admin and policy.

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Teachers unions protect teachers against administrative and legislative practices that are quick to criticize teachers for the flaws in education. Teachers unions prevent repercussions for good teachers being affected by bad admin and policy.

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Anonymous 4w

You have a bad teacher? Administration should be documenting that, which allows them to proceed with terminating contracts. Unions are, at their core, able to navigate legal disputes and utilize collective bargaining for the benefit of all teachers. Bad teachers aren’t protected from scrutiny under a union. If anything, the union ONLY ensures that all procedural demands are met; teachers with administrative documentation of misconduct are less likely to be able to just move districts.

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OP 4w

Listen. I agree that the education is deeply flawed and has long operated like a panopticon. I don’t like it either. Teachers unions, however, are some of the only protections for teachers against the policies and admins that work to maintain that system. However, we should me scrutinizing administration, legislation, and inequality LONG before we choose to blame teachers.

Anonymous 4w

I’m a teacher! I love the idea of democratic schools. It’s still a legislative and administrative problem. Teachers unions are operating within the current legislative and administrative framework. That’s why charter schools have a much lower percentage of unions (charters don’t have to accept all students, can skirt teaching/education requirements, can receive private/public funding).

Anonymous

OP 4w

Democratic schooling would be wonderful. The only reason we can’t/haven’t moved to it is because states would have to dramatically increase funding, reshape curriculum and measures of student success, and provide protections for teachers that aren’t measured by things like student achievement, attendance, student demographics, etc.

Anonymous

OP 4w

It’s easier for state legislatures and administrations to provide ambiguous procedures for students with disabilities, ELLs, low income districts, truancy/absenteeism, curriculum, etc. than it is to provide funding for specialists, supports, increased learning opportunities, larger staff, variated instruction and “experimental” classrooms, different measures of student success, secondary/post-grad opportunities, and on and on.

Anonymous 4w

What the hell does any of this mean