Michelle Rhee - - - charter school BUSTER...

[mzteris]

thought this should make some heads spin... :crazy:

D.C. charters say raises give traditional schools an edge

The proposed new D.C. teachers contract, which could boost some salaries to well above $100,000, is causing tremors in the city's non-unionized charter school sector, where officials view the pact as the latest inequity in D.C. policies governing the funding of its two school systems.

Charter advocates have praised D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee for moving to dramatically increase compensation for public school teachers, but they say the contract's rich financial package, combined with inequalities in covering the cost of facilities and other services, violates the 1995 law that created the city's charter school system.

-more -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/19/AR2010051901711.html

:dilemma:

what to do? what to do?

Dis Rhee?

Praise Rhee?

anti-charter?

pro-charter?

:rofl:

"politics" make strange bedfellows, eh?



a few more snippets:

""I do believe we will lose our best teachers," said Donald Hense, founder and chief executive of the Friendship Public Charter School system, which serves about 4,000 students on six campuses and operates Anacostia High School under a contract with the District.

John Goldman, chief operating officer for the William E. Doar Public Charter School for the Performing Arts, said that if ratified, the contract was a "lose-lose" for charters.

"We'll be forced to spend more money on teachers and less on other items, in order to get the same or a lesser product," he said.

The city's top-performing charters usually pay slightly more than D.C. public schools, offering a premium for what is often a longer work day. Maintaining that edge would be challenging under the new public school pay scale, charter school officials say. "It's always been a struggle for us," said Susan Schaeffler, founder and executive director of KIPP-D.C.


(but wait! there's more!!)


"But others, including some charter school teachers, are not convinced that the new pay scale will trigger a stampede to the traditional public schools. They say money is only a part of an equation that includes working conditions, school culture and career opportunities.

"Naturally I've thought about it," said Marcella Windley, who teaches second and third grades at Friendship Public Charter School's Southeast Elementary Academy. "But I'm quite satisfied where I am." "




oooo-- wait. wait. One more question:

Would you work for Michelle Rhee for $100,000 plus??

[Dinger]

1. This Doesn't Pass The Smell Test

sorry mtzeris

[mzteris]

2. what doesn't?

The article? the facts? What, exactly?

Did you read the whole thing?

[donco6]

3. To get the bonuses, you sacrifice tenure.

So I guess that's up to the individual.

[mzteris]

4. It's what I would do,

but then I'm a little on the conceited side. :)

[mopinko]

5. i understand tenure for college level profs, but for

third grade teachers? not so much.

very interesting m

[Dinger]

6. Strange Comment

for a mod. Just sayin'. You're of course entitled to your opinion.:)

[mopinko]

7. i think my opinion is well enough known.

wouldn't make any sense to try to hide it. there is no purity test involved in being a mod. nor is there any self-immulation.
so, yes i am entitled to it.

[Dinger]

8. Actually, I Didn't Know It, But I think I Have The Idea (nt)