May 28, 2009

“The community needs to be careful what it asks for,” McCray said. “It asks for the district to be run like a corporation. This is what happens in corporate America.”

Mary McCray (President of Charlotte’s Association of Teachers) lamenting that low performing teachers were let go in cashed strapped county. The “Star” teachers let go were double dipping: Pension + Salary. That quote tells you everything you need to know on the state of public education and accountability…

Loss of ‘stars’ stuns schools | CharlotteObserver.com