The Education Wars

D.C.'s chief Michelle Rhee, NOT a real educator, is at it again. I expect the union to capitulate, and thus hundreds of "ineffective," i.e., older, more senior teachers, will be tossed out on their asses.

What bullshit from Rhee:

Tenure protections are likely to remain in place despite Rhee's outspoken criticism of the provisions as a major obstacle to reform. As recently as July 5, she told an audience at the Aspen Ideas Festival: "Right now, the culture within education and within the teaching ranks is once you have tenure, you have a job for life. I believe that mind-set has to be completely flipped on its head and that we have to move out of the idea that a teaching job is a right. . . . And unless you can show you are doing positive things for kids, you cannot have the privilege of teaching."

You DON'T have a "job for life" unless you are a crooked administrator. Teachers have NO protections, just some dubious right to a kangaroo hearing dubbed "due process" for those fond of Orwellian terms.