Andy Rotherham in The Atlantic:
Last year, Adam Gray was named the Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. Despite the honor, Gray, who is in his twenties, was dismissed from his South Boston high school shortly thereafter because of rules that make seniority more important than performance when deciding layoffs. He now teaches at the prestigious Boston Latin…
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Let's take Mr. Rotherham's thought to its logical endpoint: if young Adam is indeed a superstar, he should be rewarded accordingly. No more Southie for him, no sirree. He should be at Latin (America's oldest public school) AND be paid well above (union) scale given his age and years of service (is he?)
Maybe the free market does work after all!