As has been said before, if an enterprising teacher looked at their District’s cost per student and then created their own micro-school with even 20 students, they’d be earning far more than at their static union wage ladder. Seeing that those “negotiated” wages are sticking it to the newly minted teachers, I offer my unsolicited advice to work a couple of years “inside the system”, find out how you can improve on the teaching methodology demanded “by the system”, and strike out on your own. Why?
The Democrats’ only solution to the fact that our public schools are awful is to spend more money on them. But that is precisely the policy we have been following for decades, with terrible results. This chart, from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, tells the story. In constant dollars, spending on education has skyrocketed, while student achievement has stagnated.
To capture some of that rise in cost of that system for yourself. Sure, a coupla/few years to provision your classroom and then it’s more for you – reaping more of the rewards of your labor.
For Parents – would you accept the same results for your child with only higher costs eating at your bank account? I have two great questions for you to ask your elected School Board representatives:
- What is the overall rise in spending for the District over the last 10 years, including all Warrant Articles (stuff not in the regular budget)?
- Why aren’t our childrens’ achievement levels increasing at the same rate?
Now, GOOD school boards will try to get an answer back to you. BAD school board members will ignore you under the rubric of “we only wanted your votes but keep your questions and comments to yourselves, you rubes”.
Vote those kind of school board members out.
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