It bothers me a lot to leave a system that spends over $100 million on A.T.R.’s [absent teacher reserves], people who don’t have a job teaching in the system, and basically we’re paying them when we could spend that $100 million, if we had to have layoffs, to hire people systemwide. Teaching is built on, basically, I think things like seniority, life tenure, lockstep pay, lifetime pensions that really undermine a culture of professionalism. I think teachers would feel really respected if we created the kind of profession where teachers were the American heroes, where excellence was truly rewarded.
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