Four Legislators listened to teachers yesterday, and four was enough. Senator Al Novstrup brought his loathing of public school teachers to Senate Education yesterday in the form of Senate Bill 187, his proposal to end the due process right of…
Posts tagged as “continuing contract”
[Yup, I screwed up my reading of HB 1166 in my first post. Let's try again!] Mr. Montgomery notes the eerie cries in Pierre of the ghosts of HB 1234, the mostly bad ideas for education reform that Governor Daugaard…
Here we go again with another local-control charade from Republicans trying to damage our schools. Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) is trying to resurrect one loathsome part of Governor Dennis Daugaard's 2012 education reform package. Senate Bill 187 would allow school…
"Hi, I'm collecting signatures to refer Governor Daugaard's education bill to a public vote. Would you like to sign?" That simple pitch has gotten me 243 signatures on my HB 1234 referendum petitions so far. About half the time, that's…
Last week, I showed how an anti-union group's shady statistics don't support its own teacher-hating thesis that unions make it harder to fire bad teachers. Dr. Newquist responded with a blistering assault on those shady stats themselves. He finds Teachers…
I read some propaganda from Pierre yesterday that laid out one of the cynical arguments we will hear from Governor Daugaard and his minions to defend the end of due process protections for teachers through "continuing contract" rights. Governor Daugaard…
Josh Verges's headline, "Panel Guts Education Reform Bill Before Sending to Senate," would lead readers to believe that House Bill 1234 is now a far cry from the atrocity introduced by the Governor one month ago today and the ugly…
HB 1234: Still a train wreck for education, still a waste of tax dollars. Sign and share this online petition to stop HB 1234 today! Josh Verges, education reporter at that Sioux Falls paper, chides teachers for their continued opposition…