Another teacher said education professionals are being ignored in the quest for reform by “a bunch of legislators who know nothing about education.”
Republicans in Tallahassee, Governor Charlie Crist and the Obama Administration are pushing for merit pay reforms, but protesting teachers called it a power grab that undermines local school boards and skirts the democratic process.
“The whole bill is throwing the baby out with the bath water, and it’s not a good idea,” a teacher said.
They believe education reforms would make low performing schools worse and cause good teachers to leave the state.