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What San Diego's Gate teachers do for very smart kids
Mindy-principals NEVER go against their teachers-unless they are trying to get rid of them-as in making them transfer to another school. Pretty sad. Teachers cannot be fired short of committing a felony criminal offense, and even that is not a slam dunk. I agree with Visduh, the Doctorate of Education is lightweight compared to a legit Doctoral program.— November 18, 2010 2:36 p.m.
What San Diego's Gate teachers do for very smart kids
In the public sector you might have the top 10% or 15% doing outstanding work, then another 80% doing mediocre work and then the 5% at the bottom waiting to get fired. ============= Sorry, that first line was supposed to be private sector.— November 18, 2010 2:32 p.m.
Believe the Grand Jury. Do NOT Believe the Mayor's Office
the deficit is structural, and the leadership has no will to do anything about it. ====== Sanders should resign or be recalled. He clearly has no idea- or more likely REFUSES the only solution we have- on how to fix the problem/s in this city. He is a lame duck waiting to exit the building, which was smoking when he came into office, but is now a 5 alarm fire with the citizens getting burned at every turn.— November 18, 2010 2:30 p.m.
What San Diego's Gate teachers do for very smart kids
My experience with public education is that there are very few in the middle (competence/talent) teachers. In the public sector you might have the top 10% or 15% doing outstanding work, then another 80% doing mediocre work and then the 5% at the bottom waiting to get fired. In public education it seems you have an extraordinary number of outstanding teachers at the top, along with an extraordinary number of incompetents at the bottom because they cannot be fired, with very few in the middle. It is a very strange dynamic-because there are such extremes on BOTH ends of the competence spectrum with very little in the middle. Just my personal observations. I was once interviewed by a principal who was an incompetent, bumbling moron with the brain power of a circus chimp (with a D.Ed), worked at one of the lowest income middle schools in So Cal. Had parents actually PICKETING her the day before school started-and it was all over the TV news. The district yanked her 2 days later, but she was not fired, just reassigned. How someone like her could EVER be promoted to principal shows how far, how deep and how high the incompetence/cronyism runs.— November 18, 2010 11:19 a.m.
What San Diego's Gate teachers do for very smart kids
As a former public educator, all I can tell you is the incompetence and negligence that goes on in CA public education is a disgrace.......1/3 to half the employees have NO business in education and would be fired in the real world.— November 18, 2010 7:59 a.m.
Nov. 2 Memo Doesn't Mention Computer Glitch
You can't blame him for every program that went awry. ================ I dont blame Obama for every problem, but he has done very little for the working class-and IMO gov employees and UAW are not working class today, and THAT is where he has given huge bailouts/subsidies, paid for by the ones making less and getting far less in benefits. Hey Don- Hamtramck MI (Pop. 23K), trying to file BK!!!!— November 18, 2010 7:52 a.m.
Nov. 2 Memo Doesn't Mention Computer Glitch
But every step of the way we have been told he has to help the little guy....us....by giving our money to the wealthiest sleaze bags so they in turn will find it in their big hearts to hire us. ============ you're preaching to the choir HM!!! And while I think lower taxes make sense for economic growth, the AB Laffer supply side curve only works if enough $$ is coming in to fund core gov services and the burden is shared EQUALLY. All this nonsense that tax cuts should only go to the top 1/100th of the top 1% because they "create the jobs" is BALONEY! You give tax cuts that are just as big % wise to the working class and they SPEND that $$$$, grow the economy-someone will step up and create the jobs that support the products of that spending.— November 18, 2010 7:48 a.m.
Nov. 2 Memo Doesn't Mention Computer Glitch
In retrospect, Obama should have pumped for a big infrastructure program first. The U.S. infrastructure is rotting and the program would have created jobs. ================ THAT is EXACTLY what he should have done, and what they said would be done-but instead all they did was funnel most of that "quantitative easing" TARP money straight into state budgets to shore up over comped auto workers, teachers and other gov employees-when the states should have been getting their financial house in order. I am very upset with the way they bailed out already over comped gov employees and United Auto Workers. These classes of employees are already making MORE money, with much better benefits, that the average american who is getting stuck subsidizing their over compensation.— November 17, 2010 11:34 p.m.
Nov. 2 Memo Doesn't Mention Computer Glitch
I still have hopes for Obama. =============== I am standing behind Obama the full 4 years, but he better hope the economy gets moving. I am VERY upset at the bailouts- and the just out of control gov spending. Don't even get me started on the "quantitative easing" or I might blow my top; . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k&featur… .— November 17, 2010 7:20 p.m.
Where Did the Save-A-Life Money Go?
My post (#6) have the links, just click on them.— November 17, 2010 7:15 p.m.