Comments on: Tenure Has me Spinning http://spinningfacts.today.com/2009/03/11/tenure-has-me-spinning/ The Facts as I See Them Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:53:30 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: Thom http://spinningfacts.today.com/2009/03/11/tenure-has-me-spinning/#comment-66 Thom Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:37:26 +0000 http://spinningfacts.today.com/2009/03/11/tenure-has-me-spinning/#comment-66 "It seems like a tenured teacher only has to show up to work and not break any laws." Why do you think that about our teachers? Is that what you'd do? “It seems like a tenured teacher only has to show up to work and not break any laws.”

Why do you think that about our teachers? Is that what you’d do?

]]> By: Aaaron http://spinningfacts.today.com/2009/03/11/tenure-has-me-spinning/#comment-62 Aaaron Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:48:54 +0000 http://spinningfacts.today.com/2009/03/11/tenure-has-me-spinning/#comment-62 Hmmmm, sounds like 'tenure' is a bad concept regardless of the work one does (mailman, auto worker, politician, etc.). It promotes mediocrity and incompetence - performance based pay is the only way (capitalism at its finest)! OBTW, unions are the biggest roadblock to implementing performance based reward systems and in my opinion are one of the reasons our country's economy is in the toilet. Hmmmm, sounds like ‘tenure’ is a bad concept regardless of the work one does (mailman, auto worker, politician, etc.). It promotes mediocrity and incompetence - performance based pay is the only way (capitalism at its finest)! OBTW, unions are the biggest roadblock to implementing performance based reward systems and in my opinion are one of the reasons our country’s economy is in the toilet.

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