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FBaggins

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7. Just to clarify, you're saying that you don't trust the administration not to use it to cut costs

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 09:36 AM

Jan 2016

You aren't saying that you can't find excellent teachers among former professionals who lack certification.

If so, I think it's a valid concern - but not new.

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Alabama schools now allowed to use non-certified teachers [View all] n2doc Jan 2016 OP

Adjunct teachers have been used in higher education for years. sinkingfeeling Jan 2016 #1

Wow. So...imagine what an interview might look like... PatrickforO Jan 2016 #2

I could see it going... 3catwoman3 Jan 2016 #3

In sone cases this makes sense Travis_0004 Jan 2016 #4

Sounds like a good idea to me FBaggins Jan 2016 #5

i.e. as long as unicorns fart rainbows, why not ? nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #6

Just to clarify, you're saying that you don't trust the administration not to use it to cut costs FBaggins Jan 2016 #7

Quite so. Repugs have a death grip on AL state gov't, and keeping taxes low is a religion ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #8