Point Proven
Just yesterday I posted on the greed of the teachers' labor unions and I pointed out that, while they demand that the public they serve fork over more and more money to them, they are not willing to take responsibility for the poor performance of the nations' public schools. Today comes a post from "Hot Air" (http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/20/the-bottom-of-the-teachers-union-barrel/) that makes my case.
Last year, the school board in Central Falls, Rhode Island, fired the district's 88 teachers, and with good reason. A mere 93% of the district's students were failing, or not performing at grade level. The Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, the local arm of the American Federation of Teachers, stormed in and forced the re-hiring of all teachers and they forced the district to award each of the non-performing professionals a $3000 bonus.
CNN interviewed the leader of the disgraced labor union in Central Falls, whose name is James Parisi. The interview went as follows:
CNN: So in this town where the average income is $22,000 the average teacher is now making $76,000. What are the community members paying for?
James Parisi: The highest paid teachers are making about $76,000, which frankly I don’t think is enough for the committed professionals that are in that school district.
CNN: You had a 93% fail rate. That’s undeniable.
JP: And you think that’s caused by teacher’s actions?
CNN: Absolutely.
JP: I don’t think the teachers are responsible.
The teachers are not responsible, Parisi says, and there is absolutely nothing they can do to improve the educational situation of these students who are trapped in these disasterous schools, yet he believes that the public must fork over even more money to pay these "professionals" to do, literally, nothing. But hey, it's all about the kids.
Last year, the school board in Central Falls, Rhode Island, fired the district's 88 teachers, and with good reason. A mere 93% of the district's students were failing, or not performing at grade level. The Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, the local arm of the American Federation of Teachers, stormed in and forced the re-hiring of all teachers and they forced the district to award each of the non-performing professionals a $3000 bonus.
CNN interviewed the leader of the disgraced labor union in Central Falls, whose name is James Parisi. The interview went as follows:
CNN: So in this town where the average income is $22,000 the average teacher is now making $76,000. What are the community members paying for?
James Parisi: The highest paid teachers are making about $76,000, which frankly I don’t think is enough for the committed professionals that are in that school district.
CNN: You had a 93% fail rate. That’s undeniable.
JP: And you think that’s caused by teacher’s actions?
CNN: Absolutely.
JP: I don’t think the teachers are responsible.
The teachers are not responsible, Parisi says, and there is absolutely nothing they can do to improve the educational situation of these students who are trapped in these disasterous schools, yet he believes that the public must fork over even more money to pay these "professionals" to do, literally, nothing. But hey, it's all about the kids.
posted by Craig Cox | 10:06 PM
4 Comments:
I was concerned CSEA would empty our schools yesterday. Notice that the teachers didn't demonstrate.
I'm not clear on the point of that Tuesday "demonstration." I wonder if Wednesday's vote to open labor union negotiations to the public will stir things up a bit. God forbid that the tax payers get to view the issues being discussed with their own money.
The taxpayers may get to view the negotiations, but how much input will they have? Did you read the comment by Tim Cross about "coincidence" ref. Jeff Crank calling for open negotiations? I wonder about the "coincidence" in Gazette's "Our View" where there was the call for demonstrations by unnamed union leaders, but Tim Cross kept being quoted. I'm taking a SWAG that Tim, as UniServe director (read multiple union rep) got an e-mail or a fax from those "unnamed union leaders" and mentioned the call for teachers to join other union demonstrators.
To clarify your point about Tim Cross, as Uniserve director, he is a direct employee of the National Education Association. Each local union has a national handler, and Tim is that handler. The locals do nothing that is not directed by the national labor bosses. Keep in mind that the NEA now answers to the AFL-CIO as well.
The tax payers will have no inputs even if the negotiations are open. What they will get to see is that the Master Agreement has nothing to do with education and everything to do with ensuring that the NEA has complete power over D11 and the tax paer money that funds the left in this country.
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