tony, i certainly applaud the efforts of you and your coworkers to help kids improve their literacy skills but i was kind of piqued by your statement " a passionate and driven staff unhampered by union restrictions". what the hell do you mean by that? what kind of union restrictions would exist that would make teachers not passionate or driven? pray tell.
Gladly. The teachers from EPACS told us that not being unionized allowed them to have a longer school-day, which they found to improve the education being imparted to their kids. Apparently teachers unions in California public schools restrict the length of time that teachers are allowed to spend with kids at school.
I actually asked them why teachers would chose to work in a non-union school and they said that it mostly amounted to 2 reasons: they were paid at least 5% more than teachers at public schools doing equivalent work and (although there are many passionate and motivation teachers at public schools) they found a greater sense of fulfillment at the charter schools.
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i certainly applaud the efforts of you and your coworkers to help kids improve their literacy skills but i was kind of piqued by your statement " a passionate and driven staff unhampered by union restrictions". what the hell do you mean by that? what kind of union restrictions would exist that would make teachers not passionate or driven? pray tell.
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I actually asked them why teachers would chose to work in a non-union school and they said that it mostly amounted to 2 reasons: they were paid at least 5% more than teachers at public schools doing equivalent work and (although there are many passionate and motivation teachers at public schools) they found a greater sense of fulfillment at the charter schools.
Don't bite the messenger ;-P
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