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lutefisk

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10. Stepping stone to "CEO" of a school district...

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:24 AM

Mar 2014

...by the age of 30. Or maybe a big payday taking tax dollars for private charters. It's a very effective way into the world of profiting from public education dollars.

There is a whole generation of people with little or no academic background in education taking over the school systems of our nation. Traditional programs and academic departments are being marginalized by the big money interests and replaced by MBA type programs run by "institutes" or on the periphery of higher ed. And it's Republicans and Democrats promoting this- just look at Arne Duncan's (lack of) qualifications and his attacks on public education.

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I just went to the TFA website and am aghast at the horrible wages! [View all] AllyCat Feb 2014 OP

Kick.... daleanime Feb 2014 #1

How can anyone live like that? unrepentant progress Feb 2014 #2

TFA itself gets thousands from the districts that hire their recruits. madfloridian Feb 2014 #3

Thank you for this! AllyCat Feb 2014 #5

Good luck on your campaign. madfloridian Feb 2014 #6

It's basically a paid internship elfin Feb 2014 #4

Stepping stone to "CEO" of a school district... lutefisk Mar 2014 #10

"the qualified professionals they replace" ... my, you slipped that shiv in smoothly. eppur_se_muova Feb 2014 #7

It's considered public service. Igel Feb 2014 #8

Teaching kids with very little TEACHING training is a public service? AllyCat Feb 2014 #9

Um, that's more than I got paid as a new teacher last year. knitter4democracy Mar 2014 #11

Gads, even with the economics posted about rent, utils? AllyCat Mar 2014 #12

Let's just say I was lucky to get child support. knitter4democracy Mar 2014 #13

This is why school districts love TFA.... AnneD Mar 2014 #14