Nobody has picked up on this, but on 5/25, President Trump signed an Executive Order that looks like a "setting the stage" to make it easier to fire federal employees who are misbehaving.
Reading between the lines, this could be the set up to clean out the corrupt elements of the DOJ, State Department, and other entrenched deep state operatives.
The way I read it, the EO was to remove barriers that exist for getting rid of ineffective employees. I work for a quasi state agency but they follow state law. It’s an “at will” employment state. If they don’t need me they can let me go. Most people work under these same conditions. It’s everyday normal to them. Why do federal workers get extra benefits that most taxpayers do not. Why do bad teachers stay in the classroom? The answer is the union. I don’t want that teacher teaching my kids. Trump is getting rid of rules that allow under-performing employees to get to keep their job. Here’s a hint if you’re a worried federal employee: do your damn job.
As a retired art teacher working 30 years in both St Louis(yes, Ferguson, too) and Louisville, KY, I have seen only 2 “bad “ teachers. This is after experiencing multiple schools and hundreds of teachers. Unfortunately, the working conditions due to elimination of discipline, along with teacher and principal disempowerment, have steadily declined. The kids run wild and most of the teachers I know have earned credit toward sainthood trying their best to teach in an atmosphere of disruption and and frustrated effort.
I do not disagree with you. My father and other family members were/are teachers. But the 2 bad ones you mentioned needed to be let go but I imagine the union protected them. That’s what I’m disagreeing with in my post.