Teachers ARE the Enemy

of the "reformers" because education is one of two factors responsible for upward mobility for the vast majority of people.

The other, of course, is effective unions.

Both must be destroyed in the name of "reform" and "efficiency."

This pisses me off, though:

In this atmosphere of hostility to public schools and teachers, it has become nearly impossible to have a rational discussion among educators, parents, advocates, youth and policy-makers about what should be done. Honest analyses suggest that removing ineffective teachers is an excessively slow and arduous process, though unions are often blamed when administrators have failed to document problems systematically. Likewise, the LIFO system for layoffs does need reform because it contributes to high turnover in the most disadvantaged schools. These schools are the hardest to staff, and in cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, many veteran teachers have found ways to avoid being assigned to such schools. But candid conversations about how to solve these problems are extraordinarily difficult when any comment critical of unions is likely to be used as a weapon by the right.

Bull fucking shit about "honest" analyses about how arduous and slow it is to remove "ineffective" teachers.

It is goddamned EASY to get rid of teachers, effective or not, while it is impossible to remove administrators. The ONLY reason it takes long is because of the arbitrators' schedules. That's it, like any other legal proceeding.

Jesus fucking Christ you morons.