Response to article "Firing Bad Teachers"

I was reading over the comments people posted on the article "Firing Bad Teachers." Firing bad teachers seems like it would be the simplest and most appealing thing for schools to do, in order to make sure students have the most beneficial instructors. However, if we were to do this there would be other serious problems we would have to deal with. Think of inner city schools, for example. If we were to fire teachers there because the students grades did not show improvement, it would be even harder to find staff to fill their positions. With this being said, however, I feel that teachers do need to take responsibility for their students success, to some extent. I also think that administrators need to look at the personal of the students, and their personal achievements. Maybe they haven't quite met NCLB standards, but are they improving? I feel that this is a very important component when considering to fire or not fire a teacher.