On education

News from Fox Business. (Source: John Stossel's take). It's not impossible to get rid of bad teachers, but it's extremely hard and expensive.

A report this month in LA Weekly noted that in the past decade the Los Angeles Unified School District "spent $3.5 million trying to fire just seven of the district's 33,000 teachers for poor classroom performance."

The result? Four were fired, two others were paid large settlements and one was reinstated. The paper also reported that 32 underperforming teachers were initially targeted for removal "but then secretly paid $50,000 by the district, on average, to leave without a fight."

There will be no meaningful school reform if the teachers’ unions continue to call the shots.

My point. I like Stossel's comments. They are well documented and emphasize the ridiculous and sadly true aspects of our social and economic fiber.

The unfortunate experience I have had is that good education belongs to wealthy families with high standards in term of what really drives the achievement of their children.

Is it fair? Absolutely not! But this is how our system works and there is no chance it is going to change any time soon.

George Dagnino, PhD
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