Where did the $130 BILLION to keep schools open safely go?

I agree that teachers have overplayed their hand and this will lead to school vouchers. Hopefully sooner rather than later. Republicans will start phasing it in next year after the red wave if democrats don’t do it now.

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Anonymous wrote:I really hope this triggers a nation-wide restructuring of how we run our schools. In short, I hope the teachers’ unions stop having any power and that schools become able to pay good teachers more who aren’t in the unions. DC tried doing that many years ago and it flopped because the union was too powerful. I hope citizens demand it now.

I hope this results in the funding of students and not systems.
These students should be able to take the money it costs, per pupil, with them and choose a school to attend.

Similar to what they are doing in AZ.

I hope this ends in school vouchers. I really think we should invest where the systems are in place that have been able to support in-person learning safely this year. The public school systems in DMV haven't been able to do what the Archdiocese or the smaller independent schools have been able to do. Instead of acting like this is some sort of failure of the private schools to support good public health measures, why not address the fact that it's unions and educators not supporting students and working within the CDC guidelines. Mostly because they are too big to pivot? Too many political moving parts?

Or just a failed archaic system.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

Yes that is obvious, but trying to assert the power to unilaterally decide whether school is open or not is a big move. They are attempting to eliminate "civilian" control of schools. In one fell swoop they have destroyed any reservoir of good will people had toward them.

Dp- reading this website has let me know that there was never any good will toward teachers.

+1. It's no wonder there is a nation-wide teacher shortage.

Anonymous wrote:Why not teach remotely? They already got all the equipment for it last year.

Because kids have never been more behind than they are now? Because it was largely ineffective? Because the world is back to work and most parents of dual working households are not in the remote-working-laptop class? Because the divide has never been greater between the classes?

Remote learning was a failed experiment. Teaching cannot be done at the primary/middle school grades without an adult being present and able to, I don't know, teach. The curriculum was provided but the teaching was left to parents.

There has not been one piece of collected data that said that remote learning was overall effective, equitable, productive or sustainable. Sure, I mean, we invested in chrome books

Anonymous wrote:I really hope this triggers a nation-wide restructuring of how we run our schools. In short, I hope the teachers’ unions stop having any power and that schools become able to pay good teachers more who aren’t in the unions. DC tried doing that many years ago and it flopped because the union was too powerful. I hope citizens demand it now.

I hope this results in the funding of students and not systems.
These students should be able to take the money it costs, per pupil, with them and choose a school to attend.

Similar to what they are doing in AZ.

Anonymous wrote:Why not teach remotely? They already got all the equipment for it last year.

How can the kids learn remotely when a large number of them don't even have internet?
Remote learning does not work for primarily poor, low-income, and minority children.

Anonymous wrote:Good for the union. We know next to nothing about COVID and -- most importantly -- it's long-term effects on the human mind and human body -- vaccinations aside.

BTW -- Lightfoot is a political weakling. My bet is she loses this round.

Lol

Over the top reaction from snowflakes

Read Kennedy's book on Fauci and listen to Malone and McCullough on Rogen.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

It's interesting that you say that. While I do not support this move, I understand their position. Teachers in America have been vilified by the right for decades now. Teaching used to be a respected well paid career. Now, parents go to school board meetings to disparage them. I hope teachers protest across the country.

I was a career teacher. I am also a Republican. Definitely a minority.
I have criticized the unions for years - because I have seen them protect abusive and incompetent teachers. Parents who have been speaking out are not vilifying teachers.... they are furious with School Boards and other school leaders who are pushing bad policy and even worse curriculum. Perhaps they have criticized teachers who are pushing propaganda. But, by and large, most parents - on the right and the left - appreciate the work teachers do.
As a teacher, the parents I dealt with with mostly wonderful. I worked only in Title I schools and the parents were supportive and appreciative. Of course, I taught their kids what they needed to know to be successful in life and not some of the crap being pushed in the past few years.
I retired from teaching as soon as I could - not because of the parents or the kids - but because of the politics of the school system.

Anonymous wrote:Why not teach remotely? They already got all the equipment for it last year.

Because it doesn't work. Everybody sucks at it. Kids then need a parent to be at home. Also it doesn't do anything to stop the spread. So what's the point?

It doesn't protect the community and it doesn't educate the children. It does nothing.

Anonymous wrote:I really hope this triggers a nation-wide restructuring of how we run our schools. In short, I hope the teachers’ unions stop having any power and that schools become able to pay good teachers more who aren’t in the unions. DC tried doing that many years ago and it flopped because the union was too powerful. I hope citizens demand it now.

Only until the referendum comes along to jack up property taxes in order to pay increased teacher salaries...

Why not teach remotely? They already got all the equipment for it last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

It's interesting that you say that. While I do not support this move, I understand their position. Teachers in America have been vilified by the right for decades now. Teaching used to be a respected well paid career. Now, parents go to school board meetings to disparage them. I hope teachers protest across the country.

Teaching may have been respected, but it's never been a well paid career.

Educate yourself on the reasons why. There’s a good documentary on this called Waiting for Superman. The short version is that DC tried to pay high performing teachers more but the union refused to allow it. They said that everyone needs to be paid the same, including the people in a rubber room because they’re so bad that they’re kept away from students on full pay, and good teachers were not allowed to be paid more. So teachers unions are literally the reason that teachers aren’t paid more.

Michelle Rhee is a grifter and a fool. She's also married to a known pedophile. DC teachers get paid over $100k a year. They are not underpaid. The "rubber room" is also a NYC not DC schools thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

It's interesting that you say that. While I do not support this move, I understand their position. Teachers in America have been vilified by the right for decades now. Teaching used to be a respected well paid career. Now, parents go to school board meetings to disparage them. I hope teachers protest across the country.

Teaching may have been respected, but it's never been a well paid career.

Educate yourself on the reasons why. There’s a good documentary on this called Waiting for Superman. The short version is that DC tried to pay high performing teachers more but the union refused to allow it. They said that everyone needs to be paid the same, including the people in a rubber room because they’re so bad that they’re kept away from students on full pay, and good teachers were not allowed to be paid more. So teachers unions are literally the reason that teachers aren’t paid more.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, what a stupid move by the union. Voting to go on strike for two weeks. What the heck were they thinking.

"me me me"

Is that not obvious?

It's interesting that you say that. While I do not support this move, I understand their position. Teachers in America have been vilified by the right for decades now. Teaching used to be a respected well paid career. Now, parents go to school board meetings to disparage them. I hope teachers protest across the country.

Teaching may have been respected, but it's never been a well paid career.