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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

TEACHERS UNIONS



Thursday March 22, 2012 the Waterloo Region Record carried a large Insight article on page A15, written by Gwynn Morgan and titled "Students deserve quality teaching". This opinion/insight piece is very compelling with a number of examples of teachers' unions
being at the root of the problem regarding too many of our students leaving high school with inferior educations. Apparently in British Columbia it's even gotten to the point that the union insists that for example a history teacher with seniority is more appropriate to teach math then a newer teacher with a University Mathematics degree plus teachers' college. As Mr. Gwynn states "Welcome to the escalating international battle over entrenched union roadblocks to students gaining the knowledge needed for them , and their country, to succeed.". I would add that it was our school boards and their focus on everything but quality education which literally gave these powers to the teachers unions through the bargaining process. There is nothing wrong with bargaining provided the Board's goal is a legitimate one and not to have a sweetheart deal with the unions for their mutual benefit while leaving the students out in the cold.
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