The Carnival of Education is up at The Ed Wonks.
Buckhorn Road writes about a Sacramento high school that can’t hire qualified teachers because it’s such a lousy place to work. Hundreds of students were in classes taught by long-term substitutes. So the high school transferred students to underfilled electives, regardless of their academic needs or interests. “English Learners” were moved from an intensive English class into piano, art, French and Spanish. Some students “were moved from a second period English class to a landscaping class,” Buckhorn Road writes.
Some of the students who were transferred into the landscaping class said they did not understand the placement and that the class has been a waste of time. “We just plant. I already know how to do that,” said Jose Hernandez, 15.
PalmTree Pundit hosts this week’s Carnival of Homeschooling.
This is old news for my school system in Prince George’s County, MD. When we had three Spanish teachers leave last year and were unable to find anyone to hire to fill their place, students were transferred to Art classes. This occurs on a regular basis every year for most the the 18 years I have been in the school system.
Right now we have had a vacancy in Chemistry since the middle of the 2nd Quarter that is being run by a perm sub. There seems to be no plans to hire anyone. My guess is that there is no one to even interview.
Well, this is the result of the standard pay system - pay incoming teachers crappy salaries. Unfortunaly, since there is little accountability for the school districts, there is absolutely no incentive to pay more for new teachers.
Private busniesses would eventually close for refusing to fill a necessary position.
Well, this is the result of the standard pay system
Yep. In my state, you have 20 year teachers earning big bucks holding out for fat retirements, and new teachers earning very little. Of course, there is no correlation between quality of teaching and pay.
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Chanman