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[quote=Anonymous]... Educators often form unions to band together to create a better environment for teaching and learning. It is a form of taking MORE responsibility for the students not less. [/quote]
You couldn't be more wrong.  Teachers want a union to get better pay, smaller class sizes, more time off, more training, better benefits, and more.  Until teachers accept the unchangeable reality that per-pupil funding won't magically increase to cover those additional costs, they are tilting at windmills.  Where should the dollars come from, absent increased funding -- rent, custodial services, security, technology, supplies, field trips, air conditioning, resource service providers, dedicated aides to meet IEP requirements?

Don't make the transparency argument either.  Any teacher can look at the detailed financials of their school, publicly available, to see the details of revenue and expenses.  Oh, that takes a bit of work.  Let's form a union instead, pay union dues, let the union do the homework, and assume the union can improve our employment arrangements.[/quote]

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