Etc.

In what other profession or field are those who are in it are considered not competent enough to comment on the reality of their jobs?

It's the craziest thing in the world, but those who don't know anything about schools other than having once attended them think they know what REALLY goes on.

They don't.

Note they complain to no end but they wouldn't consider going into this "cushy field" themselves.
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Once again unions are guilty of giving away the store in order to survive in name only, I guess.
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Any resemblance between Obama and George W. Bush is purely coincidental.
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Another harebrained scheme being floated about is the idea students should be allowed to "evaluate" teachers. They do it in colleges (though the evaluations don't actually make or break professors and mean little if they are tenured), so why not in K-12?

Well, I can tell you by looking at sites like RateMyTeachers that the teachers rated the most highly by students are those who are young, "popular," and are easy graders. It's true kids wouldn't be worse than most administrators, who wouldn't know "good teaching" if it bit them in the ass, but still it is a crazy idea.
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The Kiss of Death? Will Romney trump Trump's endorsement of Newt in this Saturday's Nevada caucuses, to say nothing of future contests?

Update: Mitt did "trump" Newt because Trump endorsed him. Mitt, that is, not Newt.
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Just I thought, a teacher at WCSD who had been on paid leave for almost a year has reached a settlement with the district, or more likely, it is vice versa.

The district had no defense when its principal decided she would try and force this teacher out on trumped-up charges (testing violations).

I think the teacher prevailed in part because she had an outside lawyer and didn't rely on WEA to help her.

If one has an account with the site, the case is here.