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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Economy</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/9.aspx</link><description>Regulation, Labor, Professions, Energy, Communications, Business Subsidies</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 638 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276082.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:06:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276082</guid><dc:creator>publis</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276082.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=276082</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/Themes/leanandgreen/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;FreeSpeaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is just another thinly veiled attempt to undermine teacher security and allow politicization of public schools and the teaching profession.&amp;nbsp; In this case, the means is to weaken teacher tenure laws, which protect not only teachers but also the academic integrity and robustness of our schools.&amp;nbsp; This and other bills like it should be rejected by the legislature.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#39;re right again, freespeaker!&amp;nbsp; I think that we should just make sure that teachers can stay on the job and continue to get raises every year with &lt;b&gt;no&lt;/b&gt; accountabilty! They should be give plenty of time--decades if necessary--to perfect their teaching skills so that they will eventually do better with children.&amp;nbsp; Teachers&amp;#39; job security should be protected above all costs, and the teachers union&amp;#39;s authority should never be questioned!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keeping teachers who have a lot to learn on the job is great for our kids!&amp;nbsp; Look at the history of our quality of education--that doesn&amp;#39;t happen without these kinds of protections in place!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 638 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275491.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:14:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275491</guid><dc:creator>FreeSpeaker</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275491.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=275491</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;This is just another thinly veiled attempt to undermine teacher security and allow politicization of public schools and the teaching profession.&amp;nbsp; In this case, the means is to weaken teacher tenure laws, which protect not only teachers but also the academic integrity and robustness of our schools.&amp;nbsp; This and other bills like it should be rejected by the legislature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 638 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275487.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:56:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275487</guid><dc:creator>albaby2</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275487.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=275487</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Yes! It&amp;#39;s about time. People complain about the schools constantly, yet this is the first time I have seen an effort to do something to improve them other than send more money. Don&amp;#39;t let the teachers unions drag them down like they have the auto makers. Some will say that this bill will not allow the schools to attract the best teachers. The problem is not attracing the best teachers-it&amp;#39;s getting rid of the bad ones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 638 (Authorize “neighborhood schools” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275486.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275486</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275486.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=275486</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on June 11, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-638'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>