It’s been nearly a year since I posted to this blog. I frankly considered it done. I continued to leave it up for those who found previous postings useful while I used satire to comment on education elsewhere. Satire is something I’m good at, but it doesn’t do a great job of encapsulating all my [...]
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Rahm vs. The Chicago Teachers
August 26, 2011Teacher Tenure and Patronage
November 28, 2009I think one of the hardest things to make non-teachers understand is tenure and it’s purpose. Tenure for public school teachers grew out of the same movement that awarded tenure to college professors. It was also a byproduct of movements in the late 19th century to professionalize civil service jobs. No city could be expected [...]
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