Teachers Union Torpedos $13.2 Million Grant for Kids
Posted on May 13, 2008 at 12:33 pm by WTH
Remember, Teachers are all about the kids… but too bad their union isn’t. The Daily News in Longview, Washington
That $13.2 million grant Washington state won last year to enhance the teaching of Advanced Placement courses in math and science is history. It’s lost because of the financial incentives it would have provided for teachers who improve test scores. The Washington Education Association didn’t much like the idea of tying teacher pay to student performance on exams. Neither did the teachers union like the involvement of an outside party, the grant provider, in teacher-pay decisions.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which provided $10 million for the grant, couldn’t understand why a compromise couldn’t be worked out. Other states receiving similar grants had teachers unions and found ways to accept the grant money, said foundation official Steve Seleznow. “Honestly, I can’t figure out why they couldn’t solve this.” Neither can we.
Yeah, to heck with the ids if the union has to give up even the tiniest bit of their undeserved power! Screw the kids. Compromise? NEVER!
