I'd be surprised since the teachers gave up the right to strike when they formed their union, it was one of the trade offs.
Okay. I guess you are right about that...but, maybe a walk away -- teaching is barely treated as a profession now; this would take away all of the professionalism and we will all suffer for it.
Barney Bishop, head of the giant Associated Industries, the business lobby--says (in the Tallahassee Democrat) all businesses are for it. So, does that mean all businesses give up the right to complain about not having an educated workforce when this bill becomes law?
Business and industry wanting to come to Florida complain about the lack of an educated work force now--so, do they really mean all they want are more graduates who are adept at taking standardized tests?
This bill provides for nothing more than an FCAT for teachers--and the one for students is bad enough. It has allowed us to graduate students who can take tests and pass; but, too many of them can not do simple math; they can not punctuate a sentence; they have no idea how to write a research paper; don't know the first thing about classic literature; can't make change without a calculator; have few critical thinking skills...the list is endless.
Yet, they can score well enough on a multiple choice test to be placed in a certain college class...then, when they fail the first test, or don't have a clue how to write a simple 500 word essay, they say: "but, I never had to do this in high school!" The students themselves blame the school system for not preparing them to do well in college--they should really be blaming the members of the legislature who propose and vote for bills such as SB 6. It is disgraceful that we are letting our children down in this manner--and sad that parents are allowing it to happen by voting for the people who would vote for such a bill; and by not holding these elected officials accountable when they do so. Hundreds of teachers journeyed to Tallahassee to oppose the bill--some parents did too; but, how many have talked to Rep. Coley and Senator Gaetz and asked why they are pushing/voting for this?