…..because the re-education camps aren’t open yet.

…since I’m starting school this fall to change careers into teaching (granted, teaching religion and philosophy, but still).

I’m rooting for him. Shall we find out who the congressmen from that district are and start sending letters/calling?

I say it all the time these liberal COCKROACHES that infest every facet of our lives need to have the light of day shone on them!

conservative movie stars. Apparently in Lawrence, KS the same tactics used on conservatives in Hollywood are being employed on conservative HS teachers.

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Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

No special meetings, no hearings.

The KNEA representative stated the district admitted they violated the current employment contract by failing to do required in-class evaluations in accordance with the teacher-agreement.

The district is in violation of the union contract. Republican or Democrat, as a teacher, this guy pays union dues, he’s a part of the union

I’m quite certain the state can afford neither the attorney fees or the political fallout from a clear-cut wrongful termination case.

The idea of the union being called on to defend someone who doesn’t have his lips firmly planted on the posterior of the union’s own bought-and-paid-for political machine has GOT to be trully galling.

Another reason to root for Mr. Latham.

Though I’m shocked, SHOCKED, that this story isn’t getting more coverage

Is that it’s another defensive move. “The best defense is a good offense [the majority of times]“.

Why aren’t we forming a legal conservative party analogous to the Fla. based Christian attorneys, whereas they’ll not only defend (with as much media exposure as possible BS such as this), but also to sling mud and tie up D’s with enough false litigation as to consume time, energy, and money?

It’s easy and cheap to make accusations, it’s much more expensive to defend against them.

I have my own answer to my ‘Why’ question above, but am curious of any responses and/or allow the thought to percolate readers.

Thats why there are too many problems with kids in public schools, they are too busy policing the teachers!

Stage sit ins…take over class rooms and have prayer meetings…occupy assembly halls and auditoriums and hold political discussions about conservative topics…

Nothing will make a Democrat spit and sputter than turning his own arguments and tactics against him…and I think it’s high time conservatives started doing so!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

is being “dropped” or non-retained before acquiring tenure. It’s about as close to “at will” as public employees get and the “no reason, any reason, but not an illegal reason” rule generally applies. This is the way that the political conformity evident in government schools is enforced; if you don’t “fit in” you don’t get tenure. It really has nothing much to do with skills and short of not fitting in, only live boys or dead girls are likely to get you fired once you’re hired. Once actually hired, teachers have almost no supervision, a principal or teacher in charge sits in the class now and then; almost never with senior teachers. Once you’ve passed the “fitting in” test, you’re a member of the club for life.

While the EA has a duty of fair representation to each member of the bargaining unit whether a union member or not, tenured or not, there are few substantive rights for a non-tenured teacher. The union can do a half-hearted grievance to make sure the processes were followed and then say, “Sorry, all we could do for you.” And that’s about all they’ll ever do for a non-tenured teacher unless it is a real hot-button issue.