'Unusually High Teacher Absences' Closes Hudson Schools

KSTP ^ | 2/18/2011 | KSTP

[Prokopton]

I'll never forget how dedicated those Nuns were. . and Thank God for them now.

My experience also. Women who spent their entire lives dedicated exclusively to teaching, and loving, children. God bless them all.

[DJ MacWoW]

This is what I could find in a hurry.

Picture: Obama's Organizing for America promotes chaos in Wisconsin

“Fight for Our State Workers”

[Flamenco Lady]

We had 50 per class through all of my elementary school years, however, this was a private school. Teacher’s worked harder than those in the public schools, and got paid less. At my particular school, they all were required to have master’s degrees as well, and in those days it meant something to have one.

[DJ MacWoW]

they all were required to have master’s degrees as well, and in those days it meant something to have one.

Times have certainly changed.

[backwoods-engineer]

We are beginning to weed out the lefty leaning, sob story type of booard member for conservative members and the left’s heads are exploding. During the Nov. election in my town, we got 4 conservatives elected and dumped some real lefties. OUCH - they were shocked, I tell ya. Shocked.

The same is occurring across the fruited plain. Here in North Carolina, one urban school board (Wake County) got enough right-thinking members to vote down forced bussing for "diversity". The NAALCP went bananas. Nutz. Bonkers. Started calling people racists, etc., you know the drill.

[ResearchMonkey]

 

We need someone with webspace to voulenteer a Wiki-style Rogues Gallery.

Clip faces and identify them, hold them accountable.

[matginzac]

Cripes, I taught third grade at a Catholic elementary school and had 30 kids in my classroom...and all did very well thanks, in part, to the parents giving a damn about their kids’ education...

[backwoods-engineer]

Any teacher who would spit on the window of a bus containing children makes it quite plain that he concern is in no way for those children, but only for himself and what makes him feel good.

Correct.

"When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children." --Albert Shanker (1928-1997), president of United Federation of Teachers 1964-1984; president of American Federation of Teachers 1974-1997.

[lonestar]

We had 30 to 35 kids per class.

And I bet they all spoke English and most had two parents and were well behaved.

The world has changed since the 50's...and I think it's sad.

[DJ MacWoW]

And I bet they all spoke English and most had two parents and were well behaved.

They also took God out of the classroom. Otherwise everything that you pointed out is part of the problem.

[jimt]

Actually, a lot of those “teachers” aren’t.

They hide their bloated payrolls by calling people “teachers” who actually do something else.

Here in Houston there are 2.6 OTHER employees for every classroom teacher. If there are 25 kids in a class, it takes 8511 teachers. But HISD CLAIMS to have 12,829 “teachers” and 3,799 “teaching assistants/clerks/aides”.

If that’s true, EVERY classroom would have TWO teachers in it. Or, each teacher would have a class of 12 students.

It’s BS. Their bloated bureaucracy is where the money is and where the people are. Fire 80% of them.