<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13077989.post3788831580390764653..comments</id><updated>2009-04-01T11:10:54.227-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on San Francisco Schools: The myth of the powerful teachers' unions</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/3788831580390764653/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/3788831580390764653/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sfschools.org/2009/03/myth-of-powerful-teachers-unions.html'/><author><name>KC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00707533469100750195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13077989.post-315909641961469836</id><published>2009-04-01T11:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T11:10:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The union's power isn't a "myth." Short of the tea...</title><content type='html'>The union's power isn't a "myth." Short of the teacher committing a felony, it's impossible to fire a teacher in SF. For example, you cannot be fired for incompetence or arriving late for your job every day. I've seen this with my own eyes time and time again. I would like to see teachers' salaries raised, but as a condition of that, drop the union's insistence that tenured teachers never be fired.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Charter schools can fire teachers. This is one reason why the number of charter schools keeps increasing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/3788831580390764653/comments/default/315909641961469836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/3788831580390764653/comments/default/315909641961469836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sfschools.org/2009/03/myth-of-powerful-teachers-unions.html?showComment=1238609400000#c315909641961469836' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sfschools.org/2009/03/myth-of-powerful-teachers-unions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13077989.post-3788831580390764653' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/posts/default/3788831580390764653' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13077989.post-975623696649089177</id><published>2009-03-29T17:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T17:57:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey you got a wonderful blog covering interesting ...</title><content type='html'>Hey you got a wonderful blog covering interesting article written in simple understanding &lt;BR/&gt;language. I have bookmarked your blog for my future use.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/3788831580390764653/comments/default/975623696649089177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/3788831580390764653/comments/default/975623696649089177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sfschools.org/2009/03/myth-of-powerful-teachers-unions.html?showComment=1238374620000#c975623696649089177' title=''/><author><name>free css templates</name><uri>http://freetemplates4u.co.cc</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sfschools.org/2009/03/myth-of-powerful-teachers-unions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13077989.post-3788831580390764653' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13077989/posts/default/3788831580390764653' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>