6 Big Changes Coming To Public Schools And Politics Thanks To The Supreme Court’s Union Smashdown
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By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views
Freedom—Quality—Results—Education Geared to Individuals/NOT Special Interest
The Janus decision has changed education for years to come. Special interests will no longer decide what teachers can do in the classroom—that is now up to the parents and District. No excuses for bad results. Parents will have choices for education venues—that end the education monopoly.
“Two-thirds of public school teachers are unionized. Unions are largely responsible for employment rules that prevent hiring and firing teachers according to merit and a principal’s discretion. Union-demanded teacher employment results in salary schedules that pay people according to credentials and length of tenure in a given school district, not teacher quality.
The results are well-documented: significantly less student learning, especially for the children who need extra help. This reduces kids’ future income and employment prospects. It also especially hurts kids with special needs and math and science education, since the people who are qualified to meet those needs typically have far more lucrative and less bureaucratic career options outside of education, where due to union-demanded salary arrangements schools often cannot offer them competitive compensation.
What a concept? Qualified, great teachers, not just those that pay dues to a union. This is going to be a revolution. Kids win.
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Stephen Frank: Is the the publisher and editor of the California Political News and Views. Mr. Frank speaks all over California and appears as a guest on several radio shows each week. He has also served as a guest host on radio talk shows and is a full time political consultant. http://capoliticalnews.com/
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Don’t look for dramatic change in the near future. It is going to take a long time to chip away at the monolithic structure that is the state education system, especially in a state that is controlled by a party that takes its directions from the unions.