Is there additional information about how unions lower the quality of public education inside the United States?
> Although teachers are now being charged more quickly, it still takes several years to complete the hearing process and for the arbitrator to render a decision.
So they get stood down until they've had a misconduct hearing, that seems fair, we don't want to ruin careers on allegations alone.
> In June 2012 it was revealed that the New York State Education Department had not paid its arbitrators for several years, and collectively owed them millions of dollars for cases they had completed, or were in the process of hearing. In frustration, ten of the 24 arbitrators on the New York City panel have quit, while the remaining 14 refuse to hear any testimony or issue any decisions until their back wages have been paid in full.
This is a massive administrative failure, I don't know why your blaming unions.
In fact, due to the extremely low salaries in either private or public schools many people who would consider teaching end up in different fields... _that_ is what is driving down the quality.
You sure it's the unions and not the fact that private schools get to cream-skim children from families with means who want to prioritize their education rather than being forced to take all comers?
Mandated by government and paid for with taxes seems to be part of the equation too. I'm not commenting on whether that's a good or bad thing.
However, if a regular business ended up being forced into a situation where they had to overpay underperformers, they'd go out of business, probably for the better(?).
