Comments on: Un-Advanced http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/un-advanced.html The Quick and the Ed is an education blog published by Education Sector, an independent think tank in Washington D.C. The Quick and the Ed offers in-depth analysis on the latest in education policy and research. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:02:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.quickanded.com/2008/07/un-advanced.html/comment-page-1#comment-701 Anonymous Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/2008/07/un-advanced.html#comment-701 I love when people outside the Ed system think they can 'solve' the school problem just by implementing personnel techniques from the commercial world:<br/><br/>Merit pay! peer evals! let the principal fire 'em!<br/><br/>Do they even know that soon THERE WON'T BE ANYONE TO FIRE? The majority of teachers are from a generation that will retire within the next 8 years. And considering the paltry salaries offered (professions with similar years of of post grad education make 100% more) it's not like new teachers are flooding into the profession. How many young people want to enter a field were your salary is set to a hard and fast top amount that will never change after ten years on the job?<br/><br/>So by all means, enact jihadist rules to "get rid of " or "compel" teachers to be better. Jst don't wail and whine when you have no candidates to fill those positions. I love when people outside the Ed system think they can ’solve’ the school problem just by implementing personnel techniques from the commercial world:

Merit pay! peer evals! let the principal fire ‘em!

Do they even know that soon THERE WON’T BE ANYONE TO FIRE? The majority of teachers are from a generation that will retire within the next 8 years. And considering the paltry salaries offered (professions with similar years of of post grad education make 100% more) it’s not like new teachers are flooding into the profession. How many young people want to enter a field were your salary is set to a hard and fast top amount that will never change after ten years on the job?

So by all means, enact jihadist rules to “get rid of ” or “compel” teachers to be better. Jst don’t wail and whine when you have no candidates to fill those positions.

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