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There are plenty of states without teachers' unions, and guess what- the kids don't perform any better there. Non-teaching positions are the results of regulat

by panzagl 14y ago

There are plenty of states without teachers' unions, and guess what- the kids don't perform any better there. Non-teaching positions are the results of regulations and laws to 'protect' the interests of students. Until someone makes hard decisions that pare back some of those mandated 'services' they're not going to go away.

droithomme 14y ago
"the kids don't perform any better there" You bring up an interesting data point. I wasn't even aware there were states with no teachers unions, that is a bit surprising. Do you know which ones? Without looking up the states and the stats, I'll take your word for it. I have no expectation that labor unions increase or decrease teaching quality, so if true as we'll assume, this is not particularly surprising. I would expect, though I haven't checked, that these areas with teachers unions have better pay and benefits for teachers. Is that true, from the data you have analyzed?