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Monday, September 17, 2012

Education / Media Because the Last People Who Should Have a Say in Education Reforms Are the Teachers...

Posted by Goldy on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:00 PM

So, um, if teachers can no longer strike over pay and benefits because decades of tax slashing have bankrupted state and local governments, and they can't strike over school reforms because that would be too "partisan," then why bother having a teachers union at all?

Oh. Wait. I guess that's exactly the Blethenites' point.

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Hey, WTF do teachers know about schools and why they are messed up? I mean after all, these are the same teachers who were on watch while the schools got messed up. Clearly we just need some high paid executive talent to run things.

Posted by Aaron on September 17, 2012 at 3:22 PM

In modern America teacher's shouldn't have any say in education. I mean we should listen to corporate executives or politicians because THEY know what education needs.

Again, in my fantasy land the only thing politicians would do for education is make sure schools are fully funded and teacher's well paid. Leave the education up to ...THE FUCKING TEACHERS!!!! Crazy I know!! But do you really want Bill Gates, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama telling teachers what they need to do?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on September 17, 2012 at 3:32 PM

For those too young to know, or who have recently skedaddled to Seattle, the following is for you:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Conte…

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/re_c…

http://www.seattleweekly.com/1998-11-11/…

Posted by sgt_doom on September 17, 2012 at 6:29 PM

Yep, it's that darn teachers' union that made a mess of the economy, too.

Posted by 1971 on September 17, 2012 at 8:14 PM

We keep voting in pro union politicians and voting against charter schools, but the rich people who dont want to pay taxes and are regularly getting their taxes slashed by legislature, leading to relatively less money for schools... those bastards keep paying to put charter amendments on the ballot to move forward their union busting agenda. They might even prevail this fourth time. Shit, rich bastards like Bill Gates and the Koch brothers think they can buy whatever they want... and sometimes they are right.

Posted by cracked on September 18, 2012 at 12:22 AM

@5, believe it or not, there are teachers who support charter schools. There are poor and middle class parents who support and benefit from charter schools.

As far as "relatively less money for schools," the fact we're spending three times as much in per-pupil, inflation-adjusted dollars now as we were 40 years ago.

http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp…

Posted by LJM on September 18, 2012 at 12:29 PM