Judge Howard Manning Jr. spoke to principals last Friday saying, ?If you can?t fix your schools fast, you should resign.?
He said that weak teachers who expect little from students ?should be
tarred and feathered.? He called principals who do not get rid of those
kinds of teachers ?a cork in the bottle.?
Now it has been sometime since anyone was ?tarred and feathered,? and I expect the NCAE would have something to say if systems took the Judge?s advice.
But major problems lie in the state statute regarding ?Career employee? status,
i.e. tenure. Instead of ?tarred and feathered,? the system simply needs
to DISMISS weak teachers. Holding principals responsible while limiting
their ability to hire and fire breads frustration even with the best
administrator.
After four years in North Carolina, a teacher?s job security is sealed,
unless criminal action is present.  Judge Manning should also
address weaknesses in State Statute, Chapter 115 C ? Elementary and Secondary Education, which holds government schools hostage.