....and no, I'm not talking about one of the National Affiliate's monthly publications.
Apparently there is a journal called Education Next, which bills itself as a "Journal of Opinion and Research". I have just stumbled onto it, so if I am a bit uh....unseasoned in that respect, I apologize.
So anyhow, this whole issue (not the magazine, normally) is about teacher's unions. Most of the pieces are pretty negative, like this article about contract negotiations by Eva Moscovitz, a charter-makin' union hatin' New Yawker councilwoman (or something like that, I plead ignorance to NY politics). I do have to admit, however, that I really enjoyed reading about the lack of contemporary strikes, but I don't believe that School Boards will be able to implement the suggestions of the writer (those suggestions are found at the end of the article) until they actually somehow capture the public's trust-- their elections are so divisive and confrontational, how can they think to be able to negotiate for the public when they don't actually have the support of the educated people who actually went out and voted? Sheesh.
After all of what I perceived to be negativity radiating out of this thing, it was nice to stumble across this nugget of what almost seems to be uh....positivity (could it be) about teacher unions and the collective bargaining process.
So what'd you think, people?
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Wow...a magazine all about teacher's unions...
....and no, I'm not talking about one of the National Affiliate's monthly publications.
Apparently there is a journal called Education Next, which bills itself as a "Journal of Opinion and Research". I have just stumbled onto it, so if I am a bit uh....unseasoned in that respect, I apologize.
So anyhow, this whole issue (not the magazine, normally) is about teacher's unions. Most of the pieces are pretty negative, like this article about contract negotiations by Eva Moscovitz, a charter-makin' union hatin' New Yawker councilwoman (or something like that, I plead ignorance to NY politics). I do have to admit, however, that I really enjoyed reading about the lack of contemporary strikes, but I don't believe that School Boards will be able to implement the suggestions of the writer (those suggestions are found at the end of the article) until they actually somehow capture the public's trust-- their elections are so divisive and confrontational, how can they think to be able to negotiate for the public when they don't actually have the support of the educated people who actually went out and voted? Sheesh.
After all of what I perceived to be negativity radiating out of this thing, it was nice to stumble across this nugget of what almost seems to be uh....positivity (could it be) about teacher unions and the collective bargaining process.
So what'd you think, people?
Apparently there is a journal called Education Next, which bills itself as a "Journal of Opinion and Research". I have just stumbled onto it, so if I am a bit uh....unseasoned in that respect, I apologize.
So anyhow, this whole issue (not the magazine, normally) is about teacher's unions. Most of the pieces are pretty negative, like this article about contract negotiations by Eva Moscovitz, a charter-makin' union hatin' New Yawker councilwoman (or something like that, I plead ignorance to NY politics). I do have to admit, however, that I really enjoyed reading about the lack of contemporary strikes, but I don't believe that School Boards will be able to implement the suggestions of the writer (those suggestions are found at the end of the article) until they actually somehow capture the public's trust-- their elections are so divisive and confrontational, how can they think to be able to negotiate for the public when they don't actually have the support of the educated people who actually went out and voted? Sheesh.
After all of what I perceived to be negativity radiating out of this thing, it was nice to stumble across this nugget of what almost seems to be uh....positivity (could it be) about teacher unions and the collective bargaining process.
So what'd you think, people?
Monday, July 17, 2006
"A fair and balanced blog..."
One of the interesting things that I've come to enjoy in the blog-o-sphere (hyphens mine) is the opposing point of view when it comes to teacher's unions. That is to say, the other side. Some opposing views are completely unsubstantiated. Other times, the argument (though ultimately wrong) does come across as moderately well thought out, such as the case is here on Charles Warner's blog, Media Curmudgeon. Apparently the UAW (yes, the UAW) won the right to represent the school he teaches at, and as such he was not happy. As auto-workers become extinct, apparently the UAW wants to horn in on the teacher business. Hands off my union!
What's it like to fire a teacher?
Kay Brooks, a board of education member somewhere in the state of Tenn., ruminates about firing a teacher from her district. Seems a bit uh, crass to blog about it.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
A post from the dark side....and the light side.
Here, Darth Vader (I mean Phil Wilson) discussed how you should fire a teacher. No hard feelings Darth? I mean Phil? :)
Seriously, it's an interesting post.
Also, Transform Education muses about happy, non-unionized teachers in Chicago charter schools. Is no such animal, I tell you.
Seriously, it's an interesting post.
Also, Transform Education muses about happy, non-unionized teachers in Chicago charter schools. Is no such animal, I tell you.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Carnival....
This week's edu-carnival (or whatever it's called) has a great union-related post by I Thought A Think for this week. For all the new teachers, they can figure out what they need to know through this thing. It took me a few years to figure this out on my own. Great job, Think.
By the by, my post on explaining a layoff was in last week's carnival. Go me!
By the by, my post on explaining a layoff was in last week's carnival. Go me!
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