Breaking Down Union Resistance
It's an idea I can get behind:
"The Toledo Public Schools teachers' union president wants to take the district's lowest-performing school, remove the principal, and let teachers supervise themselves."
Sure, there will be a lot of scoffing out there, but the proposal would allow the school to choose teachers from a pool of applicants. It would have significant community involvement, and teachers would receive additional pay for working in this hard-to-staff school.
District and state officials are supportive and even encouraging. But there is one roadblock, and you have to love the irony.
In Toledo, school principals are unionized.
"It is a very obvious violation of our agreement, and we are not going to let that happen," said David McClellan, president of the Toledo Association of Administrative Personnel.
I wish the Toledo Federation of Teachers well in their endeavor, and hope - win or lose - they gain a greater appreciation of the obstacles faced by those who just want to open a good school.
"The Toledo Public Schools teachers' union president wants to take the district's lowest-performing school, remove the principal, and let teachers supervise themselves."
Sure, there will be a lot of scoffing out there, but the proposal would allow the school to choose teachers from a pool of applicants. It would have significant community involvement, and teachers would receive additional pay for working in this hard-to-staff school.
District and state officials are supportive and even encouraging. But there is one roadblock, and you have to love the irony.
In Toledo, school principals are unionized.
"It is a very obvious violation of our agreement, and we are not going to let that happen," said David McClellan, president of the Toledo Association of Administrative Personnel.
I wish the Toledo Federation of Teachers well in their endeavor, and hope - win or lose - they gain a greater appreciation of the obstacles faced by those who just want to open a good school.
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