docdoogan

I was recently talking to some friends of mine who are in college currently on their way to becoming educators, we started talking about Tenure reform. I brought up the notion that if their students were not showing improvement on a standardized scale then they should be denied tenure. This seemed to raise hell with them. The argument that they gave back is that there are some students who are simply "unteachable". Is that a standard mentality? If that isn't par for the course, should this person rethink becoming an educator? And, finally, how do you think the current tenure system could be reformed so that it still protects teachers or do we even need that system anymore? I get that it gives an incentive to become an educator, but when it was first introduced teachers were essentially glorified nanny's, is there still a necessity for it now? It seems, at least where I am from, that teachers get into their position, and after acquiring tenure, just sit and lose all accountability for student involvement/improvement. Is it not the job of the teacher to identify troubled students and work with them to.. ya know.. teach them?

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