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That is not true of any job. At most jobs a boss has to document issues and give the employee time to "fix" the problem. There is a human resources department that oversees the whole thing. That is not true for a non-tenured teacher.
Treating teachers fairly is in the best interest of the students because it keeps good teachers in the classroom.
I agree that we should treat teachers fairly. But "fairly" is a far cry from the current union-dominated system that exists today. As Joel Klein, the former chancellor of the New York City school system, recently noted, it's often easier to execute a convicted murderer than it is to fire an incompetent teacher. That might be a bit of a hyperbole...but Klein knows what he's talking about. In NYC, it's practically impossible to fire a bad teacher for ANY reason, including gross sexual misconduct with a student. And it's not for lack of trying, as Klein was a prominent education reformer. The problem is so bad that New York City has "rubber rooms," where they send incompetent teachers and pay them to do nothing all day.
I know that those problems probably aren't as bad in some parts of the country, but sadly the union's deathgrip on public schools is far too common in many big cities, especially in the north.