With their own money? Not anymore.

https://www.donorschoose.org/

Can I donate to teachers so they can order HBO?

I don't have HBO! My daughter-in-law has a classroom that needs stuff,so she uses this website.

When did teachers become such punching bags? I've been seeing way too much of this lately.

When did teachers become such punching bags? I've been seeing way too much of this lately.

Teaching is a great and noble profession. Many deserve to be paid more. I just don't need to be shamed and told that teachers have it so tough because there are things about their jobs that suck just like there are things that suck about every job.

Perhaps teachers are punching bags as the last 4 decades have seen a 300-400% increase in educational spending per pupil (that's when adjusted for inflation) with at best no growth in performance metrics and at worse a steady decline.

Perhaps some of us who have grown up in over the last few decades and have been through public schools have seen situations where incompetent teachers are protected by public sector unions and their pay is based upon seniority rather than real results.

I say this as the child of a teacher. (one who actually gives a damn though)

Public education in this country is broken and the lack of accountability amongst employees who are members of unions is a big piece of the puzzle. I can pull out the OECD stats if you want. (they really paint a dark picture)

I would argue that the public sector unions are part of the problem. There are good teachers who do deserve to be paid more and a performance measured bonus scale would allow for that instead of the bullshit pay scale set by unions where teachers are guaranteed a raise based upon years worked rather than how they perform relative their peers. People respond to incentives so provide those incentives.

How do you evaluate teachers?

Perhaps teachers are punching bags as the last 4 decades have seen a 300-400% increase in educational spending per pupil (that's when adjusted for inflation) with at best no growth in performance metrics and at worse a steady decline.

Perhaps some of us who have grown up in over the last few decades and have been through public schools have seen situations where incompetent teachers are protected by public sector unions and their pay is based upon seniority rather than real results.

I say this as the child of a teacher. (one who actually gives a damn though)

Public education in this country is broken and the lack of accountability amongst employees who are members of unions is a big piece of the puzzle. I can pull out the OECD stats if you want. (they really paint a dark picture)

Number of glasses of wine needed at the end of the day.

I don't blame teachers for the lack of achievement. I blame the breakdown of the family unit and overall poor parenting. Find me a good community with good parents that value education and you'll find the results you're looking for.

Agreed. Also, not every kid is cut out to be a superstar student. Some kids just don't have the right genes for being Good At School.

How do you evaluate teachers?

Don't know about you guys, but some of the most vile fuck-ups I know came from well-off, affluent families and attended private school. Of course, some of those fuck-ups also helped me lose my virginity, so you gotta take the good with the bad.

How do you evaluate teachers?

To me, the future of education is Khan Academy (or similar). The costs would be dramatically lower, and kids could learn at their own pace. The union opposition would never let that happen.

Shots fired at denis!