The biggest obstacle to educational reform is teachers unions. They're also the biggest obstacle to teacher satisfaction. In fact, the professional needs of the teacher are seldom properly addressed within the standard terms of a collective bargaining agreement. All teachers, no matter how they perform, are instead paid on the same salary schedule. The effects of their departure will be felt for decades to come, as the drones who stay on will have unrelieved opportunity to deaden the minds of their charges.
Scholarly research shows that effective schools are based on flexibility and individual autonomy.
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