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Lots of European countries have very powerful teachers' unions and tenure (off the top of my head France, Germany, Sweden, Norway). Yet their results (for secon
by namdnay 16y ago
Lots of European countries have very powerful teachers' unions and tenure (off the top of my head France, Germany, Sweden, Norway). Yet their results (for secondary education of course) are far better than NYC. So I doubt that's the major cause.
- anamax 16y ago> Lots of European countries have very powerful teachers' unions and tenure (off the top of my head France, Germany, Sweden, Norway). It's easy to do things in those monocultures. Heck, look at the "scandanavian" states in the US - they work even better. The US as a whole, for better or worse, is far more diverse. (And segregated.)