March 8th, the editorial staff of USA today made it apparent "how senseless the current system is." Students are already going to be losing out on smaller classes and more independent help because of a shrinking staff, but now they are stuck with not much of a choice but to receive assistance from teachers that could care less about them. Evaluations would seem to be a way of preventing holding onto inadequate teachers, but in failing schools many of the teachers are passed and able to continue on with their jobs. School reformations are a part of the breakthrough to holding onto teachers that do their job well rather than the ones that have been around for awhile. The students’ futures are at stake and can’t be forsaken (although they’ve apparently been forgotten) because of seniority.
This article has to be written on behalf of anyone that is a student and to anyone that cares about our students receiving a good education. I am a student so I’m definitely upset finding that there was actually a law passed approving something like seniority as a sole reason to keep or let go of a teacher. I understand keeping someone that has been in the field and is familiar with how things work, but that’s not wise in comparison to keeping someone that is truly willing and wanting to work with the students to improve their futures as they should be doing.
