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Apr 26, 2018
1:34:31pm

Pasadena All-American

because being a state employee gives them more leverage than they would

otherwise have on their own merits

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Our CEO made over $5 million last year. In January he told the Board they had 90

Ulysses14

4/26/18 12:27pm

I"m sure plenty of people had issues with your CEO.

Cougarclaw

4/26/18 12:30pm

Because unions.

Jay Rick

4/26/18 12:30pm

Because I don't have to engage in business with your company.

rcbyufan

4/26/18 12:31pm

The teachers aren’t quitting

2FarGone

4/26/18 12:40pm

Why does it matter that they're state employees? And if they have little

Ulysses14

4/26/18 12:46pm

They should just quit their jobs

2FarGone

4/26/18 12:55pm

They can quit and find other employment

Kelbob

4/26/18 1:19pm

because being a state employee gives them more leverage than they would

Pasadena

4/26/18 1:34pm

I wish principals and admin could increase the pay of the best teachers.

tebowned

4/26/18 12:41pm

How does one capture high performance in a teaching position?

scootsy

4/26/18 1:55pm

Give other teachers of same grade crappy srudebts?

4/26/18 2:20pm

More exhaustive evaluative process. Test scores. Overall satisfaction.

tebowned

4/26/18 2:55pm

Will teachers then get to choose which students they accept into their classes? If it's going to determine their pay, I

scootsy

4/26/18 3:01pm

And, equally important, what economic incentives exist to make the admins

Jay Rick

4/26/18 2:58pm

Review board. If you’re giving incentive to teachers who don’t deserve it you

tebowned

4/28/18 2:37pm

Not getting fired and replaced is a start. It's easier to figure out how to

Pasadena

4/26/18 6:59pm

Does your CEO claim that he has the students' best interests at heart?

UberDeek

4/26/18 12:43pm

Briefly, teachers unions are evil. They use our kids

El Pasco

4/26/18 12:45pm

I think the charter schools are part of the problem in AZ

2FarGone

4/26/18 12:56pm

You mean the charter school my kids go to

Kelbob

4/26/18 1:18pm

Taking state money for private purposes and reducing the money available for all

2FarGone

4/26/18 1:50pm

What the teachers should have done is not sign their contracts for next year.

Blue Cat

4/26/18 12:47pm

No. That gi es parents time to find baby sitters..This makes life

4/26/18 2:22pm

Public employee unions are a different deal. Nobody has a probelm with

Plato

4/26/18 1:04pm

Why aren't we having a free market discussion about a publicly funded system?

HuskerFan2

4/26/18 1:04pm

Teacher's hold your kid's education hostage and do it en masse.

4/26/18 1:05pm

That just means the teachers have a lot of leverage

Ulysses14

4/26/18 1:13pm

Would you have a problem if your healthcare provider stopped working in order to

4/26/18 1:17pm

Because once scenario is truly "free" and one scenario is completely artificial,

Pasadena

4/26/18 1:22pm

And so your company was shutdown for weeks then, right?

Left Shark Coug

4/26/18 1:29pm

My company decided he wasn't worth as much as he thought he was

Ulysses14

4/26/18 1:34pm

Yes. So much yes.

Cashmeousside

4/26/18 1:38pm

So him quitting shut down your company for weeks.

Left Shark Coug

4/26/18 1:45pm

The states can't just say no. That's not how negotiating with a union works

Pasadena

4/26/18 1:48pm

Exactly. Union negotiations are governed by rules that private employee

Jay Rick

4/26/18 4:00pm

Sorry. that's not how politics works.

Plato

4/26/18 2:07pm

If there was truly freedom in education, I'd be all for it. But there's not.

4/27/18 5:56pm

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