AppleInsider | Apple’s Jobs blasts teachers unions

[jason]

AppleInsider | Apple’s Jobs blasts teachers unions

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs lashed out at teachers unions during an education reform conference on friday, claiming that no amount of technology in the classroom would better public schools until principals had authorization to fire bad teachers….

Jobs said the problem with U.S. institutions is that they have become unionized to a point where ridding public schools of poor teachers is prohibited. “This unionization and lifetime employment of K-12 teachers is off-the-charts crazy,” he said….

During his speech, Jobs reportedly told the crowd that he envisioned future schools where textbooks would be replaced with a free, online information source that are constantly updated by experts, like the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

I feel that unions exist because managers treat employees unfairly. That said, teaching is a profession, and ineffective employees SHOULD have the opportunity to improve to a standard, but I wonder the value to the profession to keep continually ineffective teachers teaching the next generation of children. Your thoughts?

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[complicittheory.livejournal.com]

"Point is, one ideologist's ineffective teacher is another ideologist's dream pedagogue." Well, ya. BUT, there are agreed upon minimums that most people can agree with that is at a higher level than criminal acts. "One thing everyone seems to be overlooking is the need kids have for order and regularity and repetition in their lives." Well, not me!