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pai mei - I watched the whole 20/20 video, and found it rather informative.
I recently had a discussion with a friend who negotiates with teacher's unions. They are currently on strike looking for a $2K/year raise, they are not promising improvements in their teaching strategy, just demanding more money. Myself, I'm building a plan of my successes and achievements, and promising five years of my service to my company for a raise that I deem needed. I have a back-up plan, if it does not work out, I move on, find a better paying job elsewhere, and the company I work for hires someone willing to work for what they want to pay (win-win).
I like the point they made about Belgium schools, the money is tied to the kids. That opens a world of opportunity. Schools would be competing for my child and my money. I used to simply ignore public schooling problems, because I did not have children myself, and I myself and parents really contributed to my success (realizing that I was excelling, and forcing the schools to put me in classes a grade ahead, but not jumping me ahead in grade level). It's complicated, but I would rather be given $9K and have the government say "that's for the education of your child, you can pick where he goes to school". If a private school in town offered their services for $12-15K/year but were a much better school (smaller class size, better teachers), I would try and come up with the extra money to pay for that school.
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