Like most people with little or no experience in the classroom, regardless of their position or intention, she obviously works on the basic belief that the enemies to education are the very people in the rooms with the students, the teachers, and that the only people interested in students are the administrators, who are employed […]
Joe Quigley
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The Rev. Paul ‘Blair’s religious entertainment value is priceless’
It would appear the Rev. Paul Blair blows with the wind in order to support his arguments (Commentary, “Counterpoint: Precedents justify SQ 755,” Nov. 17, Gazette). While disenfranchising gay Oklahomans with his various Sally Kern crusades, while using undefined and unexplained terms to scare people to Jesus by spreading purposeful falsehoods about gay Oklahomans, he […]
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Ignore me not
Regarding “Equality entertainment” by Joe Wertz in the June 23 Gazette: Although it is easy to recall that in the spring of 2009 I was terminated from my position as teacher in the Oklahoma City Public Schools district, it should neither be forgotten nor ignored that I subsequently filed for and prevailed in a trial […]
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Evaluate honestly
Regarding Sherry Fair’s article (News, “Teacher incentive,” April 12, 2010, Gazette): There is one major, greatly overlooked reason why teachers’ pay should not be tied to what is cleverly, and misleadingly, referred to as “student achievement.” If such an evaluative tool is to be used, it should be used honestly. If student achievement, or educational […]