tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post4544639866346286904..comments2020-06-01T07:29:49.061-04:00Comments on Thoughts on Education Policy: Visit From the GovernorsCorey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-78161170112255077592009-03-03T20:19:00.000-05:002009-03-03T20:19:00.000-05:00Bush spoke very frankly about his struggles to wor...<I>Bush spoke very frankly about his struggles to work with teacher unions, Easley seemed to have had fewer problems and went out of his way to talk about the importance of teacher working condition surveys that were developed while he was in office, saying "if you put in place a reform and you don't thave the teachers bought in, it won't work"</I><BR/><BR/>Every teacher knows that a few persistently disruptive students can make a class extremely unpleasant for the teacher, and considerably less productive for the other students. Dennis Fermoyle, among others, has been very clear about how teachers need administrative support to deal with this, with a real possibility of removing the students if nothing else works.<BR/><BR/>Yet teachers unions don't seem to care.<BR/><BR/>If governors want to get teachers on their side, they should push this issue--hard.Roger Sweenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.com