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| Yes | 27% | 20 votes | Total: 75 votes | |
| No | 73% | 55 votes |
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For Mayor Mike Bloomberg, reforming New York City's education system is a political master-stroke. Over the past six years, the second-term mayor of the country's largest conce...read more
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The contract has everything to do with the quality of education your child is receiving. Union negotiated contracts have varying effects on the outcome of a child's education t...read more
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"If the student hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught" has been around for years, and it says a lot. Contracts can only benefit students if those contracts have provisions f...read more
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Signed contracts do not have a direct effect on the ability of students to learn. All students can learn if they have teachers who are willing to teach and reach them where they...read more
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Teacher contracts have absolutely no effect on the ability of students to learn. In struggling schools, a lucrative teacher contract may attract newly certified teachers that a...read more
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I do not believe that contracts signed by teachers and principals actually have an effect on the ability of students to learn. The administration such as the PTA, and the board ...read more
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