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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The argument that the teacher's union bargained for their bonuses and the charter schools shouldn't benefit is not really a fair argument.  The union bargained the bonuses, but not with council on the overall budget. The school system needs to account for those bonuses in their overall budget.  The charter schools by law are to get equal funding.  It doesn't matter if the teachers union bargained for a benefit. What matters is that the funding between DCPS and the charters schools is the same.  If DCPS is giving bonuses, that is up to them.  The charter schools should get the same increase by law and may opt to use it for bonuses, raises or something like a new HVAC.   [/quote]

So DCPS teacher should spend significant dues and time to negotiate a raise for the charter teachers?

That's not persuasive either.[/quote]

You don't seem to understand how markets work. The prevailing rate is the prevailing rate, and it doesn't matter how it became the prevailing rate. [/quote]

Er, I don't think you know what a market is. You are talking about city government allocating funds between different programs and departments.  Budget allocation is *not* a market.

The rate/price/salary is what buyers and sellers agree to.  And when sellers -- or buyers -- consolidate, they have more bargaining power.

Because of the existence of the teachers union, the market for public school teachers is cloven from the market for charter school teachers.  Although the supply for new teachers for both markets draws from the same pool, the employers are operating under different market dynamics.  [b]Therefore, the prevailing market price in the 2 markets is not the same[/b].

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Except when one market chooses to match the other. Then they are literally "THE SAME".

AI slop for sure. [/quote]

So the charter schools have collectively chosen to match DCPS salaries?[/quote]

Tell me you don't have a clue how charters work without telling me.

There is no "collective" Every charter school (or group of charters) is its own LEA. DCPS is an LEA. Each LEA operates independently, making budget and salary determinations as its own LEA.[/quote]

I'm the immediate PP.  You're expressing frustration with the wrong person.  It was the PP who I posed my question to that is confused.

She thinks that charter school teachers should get the same pay what the WTU negotiates for DCPS teachers because it is all one big DC budget.

But you can't just "match" salaries without matching the work conditions and requirements.  And then a charter school would no longer be exercising the freedom they have to not run the school the way they think is best.

The situation is very complex, which is why figuring out fair allocations between sectors is complicated. [/quote]

I am the PPP you replied to that pointed out this was AI slop. I certainly did not say all charters had to or did match. What I said was that if a charter decides to match salaries then it is one market. You're throwing around WTU talking points that are laughable. Pretending like teaching at Janney is the same as teaching at Houston Elementary.

WTU members sure seem defensive about charters. Why is that?

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