Education of the worst kind (choice vs Unions)
The Democrats and Teachers Unions have been fighting for years against the children of America. Even worse than that, they are fighting hardest against minorities and inner city children.
In a recent Florida Supreme Court (FSC) decision the majority overturned a limited voucher program(Opportunity Scholarships on the grounds that the program did not meet State Constitutional muster on the basis that the funding did not meet a "uniform,...high quality". Yet on those grounds, the government schools fail abysmally.
Ironically, it was a grouping of the NEA, ACLU, NAACP and the DEMOCRAT PARTY OF FLORIDA that worked together to get the Opportunity Scholarships rejected by the State Supreme Court. Yes, the same NAACP which was designed to "Advance" the plight of Colored People or African Americans.
The net result in education is that the Teachers Unions care only about the teacher and not a lick about the student. They spend millions of confiscated dollars (from teacher's union dues) to stop, delay, and prevent choice or voucher programs to be implimented around the country.
Ulitimately the people who lose in this fight are the students themselves and most notably minorities. The NAACP does not support efforts to improve the conditions and challenges faced by minorities.
Without competition the poor and educationally disadvantaged will be subjected to an ever increasingly poor product. If the Teachers Union only cares about Teachers pay and benefits, and the parents have no choice on where to send thier children, the educational disconnect will only widen.
Accountability is the only tool to improve conditions for students. Money has shown to be a useless measure of success. In the last 5 years Federal spending has doubled and total spending has done likewise over the last 30 years, yet results have only declined.
Accountability can be acheived through choice or vouchers. We should no longer require land owners to pay taxes and have not a hope of deciding how it is spent. We spend more than any other nation in the world yet we test out at 25th...socialism in education needs to be replaced with market reforms before another generation is lost to the malidy of socialism--uninspired education.
In a recent Florida Supreme Court (FSC) decision the majority overturned a limited voucher program(Opportunity Scholarships on the grounds that the program did not meet State Constitutional muster on the basis that the funding did not meet a "uniform,...high quality". Yet on those grounds, the government schools fail abysmally.
Ironically, it was a grouping of the NEA, ACLU, NAACP and the DEMOCRAT PARTY OF FLORIDA that worked together to get the Opportunity Scholarships rejected by the State Supreme Court. Yes, the same NAACP which was designed to "Advance" the plight of Colored People or African Americans.
The net result in education is that the Teachers Unions care only about the teacher and not a lick about the student. They spend millions of confiscated dollars (from teacher's union dues) to stop, delay, and prevent choice or voucher programs to be implimented around the country.
Ulitimately the people who lose in this fight are the students themselves and most notably minorities. The NAACP does not support efforts to improve the conditions and challenges faced by minorities.
Without competition the poor and educationally disadvantaged will be subjected to an ever increasingly poor product. If the Teachers Union only cares about Teachers pay and benefits, and the parents have no choice on where to send thier children, the educational disconnect will only widen.
Accountability is the only tool to improve conditions for students. Money has shown to be a useless measure of success. In the last 5 years Federal spending has doubled and total spending has done likewise over the last 30 years, yet results have only declined.
Accountability can be acheived through choice or vouchers. We should no longer require land owners to pay taxes and have not a hope of deciding how it is spent. We spend more than any other nation in the world yet we test out at 25th...socialism in education needs to be replaced with market reforms before another generation is lost to the malidy of socialism--uninspired education.
posted by Tom Gaitens at 10:32 AM
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