Nobody asked the rank and file.
Of course, our IFT leaders refer to Mike Madigan as “Brother Madigan.”
Yup, the same “Brother Madigan” who muscled through S.B. 7 several years ago, as well as other horrible attacks on public school teachers disguised as bills. *sigh*
Some of the results of this anti-teacher legislation has been firing of good teachers because of them being at the higher pay level. Surviving tier 1 teachers near retirement have to “teach for the test” to try to hang on until they can retire. A big shortage of teachers is developing, which was predictable, as no one could be expected to go into teaching under these conditions, not to mention the tier 2 negative pension.
Nobody asked the rank and file.
Of course, our IFT leaders refer to Mike Madigan as “Brother Madigan.”
Yup, the same “Brother Madigan” who muscled through S.B. 7 several years ago, as well as other horrible attacks on public school teachers disguised as bills. *sigh*
Some of the results of this anti-teacher legislation has been firing of good teachers because of them being at the higher pay level. Surviving tier 1 teachers near retirement have to “teach for the test” to try to hang on until they can retire. A big shortage of teachers is developing, which was predictable, as no one could be expected to go into teaching under these conditions, not to mention the tier 2 negative pension.