In today’s LA Times Maria Elena Durazo, executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and Steve Zimmer, board member-elect of the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education, called on teachers to take a pay cut to save the district $45 million.
In response I offer the following federal stimulus and bailout headlines:
Stimulus [...]
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Funny Things About Federal Funds
Teachers & Money
There’s a lot of talk out there to link individual teacher pay to test scores. While I’d be thrilled to get a pay raise (and in an earlier post, I shouted, ‘Bring it on!’), here’s why I don’t think this is a good idea.
First all the usual reasons: teachers will teach to the test and [...]
And Now for Something Less Fun
A Safe Classroom
Today’s LA Times featured a heartbreaking story about a 14 year-old, learning diabled boy named Jeremiah Lasater who shot himself in the boys’ bathroom of his Acton high school on Monday. He was 6′ 5, awkward, and nerdy, according to kids quoted in the article. He’d been bullied for quite some time, though [...]
