Gary teachers, apparently overwhelmingly in favor of a strike, say they get no respect:
". . .They feel nobody cares about them and that officials question their intellect by sending in people to tell them how to teach,” Irons said.
Put that together with this earlier story reporting that the Gary school district is the only one in the state placed in the lowest tier, academic probation, based on classifications approved by the Indiana Board of Education. How much respect should these teachers have, and isn't bringing in somebody to help them a pretty good idea?
I also noticed that nowhere in the story is it reported that strikes by teachers are against state law. We might argue about whether this should be so, but the law is there. How could a story that doesn't mention it be considered even close to complete?
