{"id":544,"date":"2011-09-22T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T21:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=544"},"modified":"2012-04-26T13:56:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T17:56:31","slug":"the-privatization-of-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/the-privatization-of-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"The Privatization of Teaching?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Michigan State Senator Phil Pavlov, chair of the state Senate\u2019s education committee, announced that he was preparing legislation that would allow school districts to effectively outsource the teacher hiring process.\u00a0 Under the proposed law, districts could enter into contracts with private, for-profit \u201cinstructional services\u201d companies to fill classrooms.\u00a0 Teachers would still need to meet the certification requirements of the state, but all hiring decisions would be out of schools\u2019 hands.\u00a0 Essentially, teachers would become temporary workers sent to fill positions at the will of a company that has no ties to the community, and no real interest in student performance beyond what is necessary for their reputation.<\/p>\n

Education Week<\/em> blogger Nancy Flanagan has something to say about that.\u00a0 She envisions a system where a \u201cgung-ho Harvard grad\u201d is teaching 200 kids a year; where a \u201cnewly trained, in-state teacher so desperate for a job she\u2019ll agree to reduced starting salary\u201d becomes the norm.\u00a0 She recalls when her own Michigan school district began outsourcing custodial services to save money several years back:
\n15 out of 36 custodians placed by the private firm were gone by the end of six months and six more were fired while still on probation. Worse–buildings and grounds that had been tended with pride for years were ratty and filthy, and parents felt uneasy about letting their kids stay after school in a building staffed by strangers. You get what you pay for.
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She believes that something similar will happen if teaching becomes \u201cprivatized.\u201d\u00a0 She argues that when a school is operated under the premise of getting more for less, there is no incentive for schools and districts to spend money on professional development, team building, or \u201cpowerhouse programs.\u201d
\nTurnover would increase, as teachers looked annually for greener pastures, burnishing their skills in low-rent markets, then moving to schools where the pay was better. Full Walmartization of the educational workforce might take some time, but eventually, all edu-jobs could be filled with the lowest-priced employee.
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The idea of taking care of each other, in a community, is now outmoded. Intangibles like trust and commitment can’t be purchased. But they do matter.
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To read more about the proposed legislation, please visit http:\/\/motherjones.com\/politics\/2011\/09\/michigan-republican-privatize-teacher-public-education<\/a><\/p>\n

To read Ms. Flanagan\u2019s post, please visit http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/teachers\/teacher_in_a_strange_land\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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