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March 13, 2007
Teachers Union Greed in Overdrive in Houston
Posted by Dave Blount at March 13, 2007 6:28 PM
With the help of their Democrat allies, teachers unions have managed to jack the price of education through the stratosphere, without producing any corresponding improvement in quality. Just how greedy are these folks? This gives an idea:
The Houston Independent School District runs the nation's largest merit pay program, which was unanimously approved by the school board but opposed by the Houston Federation of Teachers. As the result of a computer glitch, almost 100 teachers were given oversized bonuses, costing the district $75,000, which unsurprisingly it wants back.
But Gayle Fallon, head of the HFT, has promised to take legal action to prevent the school board from reclaiming the money. As Fallon reasons:
If it's the district's error, then the district should bear the loss.
Actually, it's the taxpayers who would bear the loss, as always. Good thing teachers unions aren't responsible for teaching ethics.
On a tip from Bill V.
