Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs lambasted teacher unions today, claiming no amount of technology in the classroom would improve public schools until principals could fire bad teachers.
Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Although it may be time consuming and expensive, poor teachers are removed following a well-defined process that determines what "bad" actually is. Accordingly, the rights of the school district and the teacher are balanced with neither one having the upper hand. In other words, it’s based on documented facts and not just the opinions of a powerful organization or individual. Teachers are removed for cause: It's a misconception to imply otherwise.
I noticed Mr. Jobs did not say how many millions of dollars it takes to remove poorly performing CEOs. Teachers and the average worker don't receive "golden parachutes."
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See my new posting "How To Fire An Incompetent Teacher" about how hard it really is to get rid of a bad teacher.
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