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Personally, I think this one sentence from the article has a lot to do with why US schools are less than good: [In Finland] "If a teacher is bad, it is the pri
by aiscott 15y ago
Personally, I think this one sentence from the article has a lot to do with why US schools are less than good: [In Finland] "If a teacher is bad, it is the principal's responsibility to notice and deal with it."
In the US, if a teacher is bad and the school is public, not much can be done. They certainly won't be fired.
Private schools, on the other hand, have more freedom in this regard.
I think the article made a lot of good points regarding creative play and avoidance of heavy standardized testing.
- rmc 15y agoIf you think the public sector is bad in the USA, it's nothing like the EU. Y'know the way all EU workers have employment benefits that put USA workers to shame? Well EU public sector workers have employment benefits that put private sector EU workers to shame.
- nosse 15y agoIt's really difficult to fire a teacher in Finland too. Practically impossible if the teacher in question doesn't do violence to kids or come to work drunk.
- rapala 15y agoIt is not easy to lay off a public servant in Finland, but I think it is mainly so because of the procedure required. Several written warnings need be given that state the reason in plain text. Too often it just takes too much balls from the principal to write down "n. n. does not perform his/hers duties as a teacher in the required way because: ...". And a public servant can be fired because of inappropriate behavior in his/hers free time.
- DasIch 15y agoIn Germany a teacher, like most people working in the public sector, cannot be fired. You are either stuck with them or you promote them so that someone else has to deal with them.