Teachers to Become State Employees?
(An interesting debate about education policy and the teachers union in the comments. - promoted by Bob)
One way to evaluate a policy change is to weigh the outcome of that change with amount of work necessary to implement it. Whatever the benefits of this policy change, the work underlying it don’t seem worth the effort. It’s certainly too early to tell, but this idea seems nutty to me.
From the Globe:
Likely to be one of the most controversial aspects of the plan is a proposal to implement a statewide teachers contract, as opposed to the current system where each school district engages in collective bargaining with its local teachers union. An administration official with knowledge of the plan said such a contract could save school districts significant amounts of time, provide the state with more flexibility in assigning teachers to schools, and give teachers the option of investing in a state pension system or getting paid more up front.