Teacher Evaluations Available to the General Public

     There was another discussion this morning on Fox News concerning release of teacher evaluations to the general public. The public seemed to be for the release. The teachers are against.
     I would like to make an analogy.
     In my many years of business, I found that one of the standard procedures involving personnel was to have an annual evaluation by each person's immediate boss. Those evaluations that were kept in the Personnel Department, now Human Resources, and were used for subsequent management judgments on employee advancement within the organization, or in some cases dismissal. The basis for the system was that the organization was paying the employee salary and had a right to determine the effectiveness of the employee within the organization, to see whether it was getting its money's worth.
     I see no difference between that private operation in companies and public employees. Since the public is paying salaries, it has a right to know how effective the individuals are with respect to earning those salaries.
     The teachers union is well-organized and seems to have the ability to out-shout the general public. However, that is no reason for the general public to acquiesce to unreasonable demands. It pays teacher salaries and has a right to know how effective those teachers are.