Free the teachers
By Norman Leahy | Monday, February 20th, 2012 | Podcasts, Policy, Politics, VirginiaIn his “Two Minute Drill,” Bearing Drift editor-in-chief Jim Hoeft talks education reform — specifically, a measure from the House of Delegates addressing teacher tenure. This is a sore spot with the VEA, which, as Lynn Mitchell noted, staged a “Black Friday” protest against what the quasi-union sees as an unremitting Republican assault on education. Jim argues that bringing teacher contacts into line with the rest of the world is in educators’ best interests — giving them the opportunity, and incentive, to excel, while treating them with the dignity and respect they deserve. Now to see if a balky Virginia Senate will agree.
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Norm Leahy has written about Virginia and national politics online since 2002, beginning with One Man's Trash (OMT), and continuing through Bacon's Rebellion (both the blog and the e-zine), Sic Semper Tyrannis, NBC12's Decision Virginia, Richmond.com and Tertium Quids. He is the chief blogger at "The Score" and a producer of "The Score" radio show as well as being a Washington Post contributor.
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One Response to "Free the teachers"
The VEA is on the wrong side of history with respect to School Choice.
I believe one day the VEA will run away form their history on repression of education reform the way Planned Parenthood runs away from Margret Sanger.
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