belleislerunner,
I'm not a big fan of unions, especially teacher unions, but you can't literally blame all issues, including parent involvement and administration issues on the teacher.
Yes, these teachers can switch professions or try to switch to a different school. However, the better solution would be to create an environment where they want to work. Fix the administration issues, fix the building issues, get funding for supplies, etc...
The district is imploding, the ship is sinking, and these teachers are the ones that couldn't get a life boat to get away, or the ones that cared enough to stay.
The Rochester Schools elementary school where my daughter attends has an issue with a large transient population with parents that don't speak English natively, or sometimes at all. The difference? School administration backs them up with the resources they need, the ELL\ESL staff that they need, the materials and structure that they need.
The teachers in my child's school district have warm, well lit classrooms, with functioning and stocked bathrooms, and administrators that care.
The result? The lowest performing Rochester elementary, but it still performs much higher than most DPS schools [[although there are some very high performing DPS elementary schools, Chrysler off the top of my head).
Detroit teachers and Detroit kids deserve better. belleislerunner, the answer can't be to "walk", because when the teacher walks, the kids still remain. DPS will become a district of the kids that had no choice being taught by the teachers that had no choice.
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