Unions contribute to bad teachers in schools

A USA TODAY Network investigation found dozens of teachers with hidden histories of sexual misconduct working at schools or in other jobs with access to children, where supervisors knew nothing of their pasts. In several cases, there were tragic results.

Thank teacher unions for this problem. Schools are so afraid to say anything bad about a teacher for fear of a unionbacked lawsuit, they let this kind of behavior go unreported. Phil Koprowski

Of course this is terrible. But, like bad priests and cops, teachers who abuse their positions are very few and far between. A small percentage among all the good and decent teachers out there. Hopefully, we can find a way to pinpoint any potentially bad teachers in the near future. Wm Craft Teachers unions have protected some of these perverts. In some cities, like New York, schools still have “rubber rooms” for exiled teachers. They just sit there all day and get their full pay. It’s disgusting! Dennis Cathy Buckley

Teacher unions do not protect bad teachers or criminals. If management wants to remove and report sexual predators and criminals, they can do it. But schools don’t want to bother with following the necessary rules and procedures to do it. Joe Doerger

Schools should not be doing anything when a complaint is brought forward. Complaints should go directly to the police, as schools have an interest in covering up something that would make them look bad. Greg Starky

A conviction for sexual assault is automatic grounds for license revocation and being banned from the profession permanently. A school cannot even legally employ such a person. So how is this a “firing a union-protected teacher” problem? Brian Hurrel