Originally Posted by blackcat
I would love to know what percentage of teachers are fired for incompetency or unprofessional behavior compared to those in other professions. It really does seem to take a terrible teacher for any action to take place. And principals seem to back up teachers more often than concerned parents (take sides w/ the teacher rather than the parents or child if an incident happens).

Probably no more or less than I've seen in any public or private sector job. Turnover isn't usually a positive for an organization, because the idiot who knows your organization is usually better than the idiot who doesn't.