Blog post #14

Problems with Teaching in teaching our children can be a profession:

1. Problem with picking teachers
2.Problem with seniority


Solutions to these problems stated in the article:
1.Do not just pick teachers because they have a college degree
2. Just because a teacher has been there longer, doesn't mean they are better than a teacher who just got hired?

In the article Teaching Our Children Can Be A Profession, Joel Klein gives many wonderful examples of things that could be enhanced in the educational system. The most important of these issues have to do with teachers themselves. The way the workforce for teachers works, and has worked for as long as I can remember, is strictly by seniority and not by qualifications. This leaves for the newer hires to get the boot when there is a budget cut or other type of issue. The point that Mr. Klein makes is that we should start picking from the best, whether that be teachers with seniority or some of the newbies like I will be in a few years. In order to assess the skills of the teachers, they would be assessed with a "teacher’s examination". The newer teachers would be evaluated op for over a 3 year span. I agree with Joel on the changes that need to be made.