tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post6348642435357225360..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Teachers Unions ExplainedWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47101514194063661592011-03-07T15:22:53.567-05:002011-03-07T15:22:53.567-05:00The two people in the video are obviously paid act...The two people in the video are obviously paid actors. I've never seen a lefty peppered with that many questions of her beliefs without flying into a rage.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47735148057319273542011-03-07T13:59:20.538-05:002011-03-07T13:59:20.538-05:00Here in New Jersey, one can say without equivocati...Here in New Jersey, one can say without equivocation that for decades the one constant with the Legislature -- pretty much regardless of who (D or R --mostly D) was in charge -- was that the <em><b>NJEA</b></em> has literally owned the place.<br /><br />What Governor Chris Christie is doing today is a response to the decades of paying the <em>"wages of sin"</em>, with surprisingly little in the way of educational results to show for it. No one has previously been willing to address it. Whatever question arose, the answer was always the same . . . <em>"More money!"</em> <br /><br />There have been instances of the State having to step in and completely take over in a few urban areas where rampant corruption, especially in the school administrations, became so bad that they would have completely collapsed without such intervention.<br /><br />But the constant factor has been to pour money, hand over fist, especially at the urban school systems. That has been driven from the State level, fully enabled by a state Supreme Court that has always been willing to step in and turn a vague and nebulous state constitutional mandate to <em>"provide a thorough and efficient"</em> school system, into a ballooning guide star for requiring tax increases and other Legislative action to hike education costs right through the roof. That has been the primary fiscal theme of the past 40 years here in the Garden State.<br /><br />The teacher's union could and did kill, or at least minimize, every single sensible effort to reform education policy that included lowering or stabilizing costs that came down the pike, including ones that merely tried to give parents incentives to choose where to send their children, or tried to stem unnecessary or unproductive expenditures.<br /><br />This is by far the best of these clips. <br /><br />Priceless!!Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-17154587620430539382011-03-06T23:47:30.523-05:002011-03-06T23:47:30.523-05:00@gs, no deal. Unionization would continue and vouc...@gs, no deal. Unionization would continue and vouchers will somehow prove to be "expensive" and "unworkable." I say: privatize all schools to contracting companies. Win-win-win-win for state budgets, parents, children and even for the teachers who will be able to take pride in their work for a change.vdavissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281312742549345774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47860416376703780352011-03-06T22:06:15.704-05:002011-03-06T22:06:15.704-05:001. I'd be willing to pay the teachers at or ab...1. I'd be willing to pay the teachers at or above their accustomed level if American students--at the median and Olympiad levels--were competitive with their Asian counterparts in science and math.<br /><br />Of course, if that were true, the economy would be in better shape, and the fiscal crisis, including the school part, would be correspondingly less serious.<br /><br />2. I'll run this up the flagpole so people can shoot at it:<br /><br />How about a Grand Bargain: unionization for government teachers in exchange for school vouchers?gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953008291916883288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-1205355270962721842011-03-06T20:53:43.996-05:002011-03-06T20:53:43.996-05:00Retire05
That is the case in most small towns. T...Retire05<br /><br />That is the case in most small towns. Teachers are the wealthy class and the taxpayers are struggling just to pay off their mortgage on their modest home and put food on the table. Like my grandparents had to do they will probably have to sell it when they get old because they will not be able to afford the taxes. There you have the blind insensitivity of collectivism. How cold and heartless to kick an elderly person out of their home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-69464070698026283842011-03-06T20:52:50.702-05:002011-03-06T20:52:50.702-05:00heh, brilliant!
I have some teacher friends that ...heh, brilliant!<br /><br />I have some teacher friends that haven't de-friended (or is it unfriended? Who knew 'friend' was a verb?) me on facebook yet, this should do the trick...Aarradinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685193198480798595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-22482650828443245972011-03-06T18:52:09.277-05:002011-03-06T18:52:09.277-05:00Thanks for presenting this information "factu...Thanks for presenting this information "factually" and without apparent bias. The facts are the facts, and obviously fiscal responsibility is the only way out. Sad thing to me, is the fact that SO few media sources are even talking how to improve education in America, which is obviously in dire need of improvement, from parents to teachers to administrators. What did you think of the documentary "Waiting for Superman"? I'd love to hear your thoughts,if you have time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-28898364043188493182011-03-06T17:42:43.527-05:002011-03-06T17:42:43.527-05:00The Corner, and various conservative bloggers, hav...The Corner, and various conservative bloggers, have reported on a story about how a teacher, Wes Glenna of Two Rivers School District, sent a threatening letter to the owners of a silk-screen shop that had printed a t-shirt for a Two Rivers student that said "Scott Walker is My Hero". <br /><br />It seems that Mr. Glenna is involved heavily with the teacher's union and didn't like the fact that a student a) wanted to voice his opinion and b) the free market allowed the student to do just that.<br /><br />But a little search on the internet shows that Mr. Glenna is paid quite well for being a "Technology Education" teacher at the Two Rivers high school. His salary for the 2009-10 term was $62,386/yr plus $31,616 in "fringe" income (another word for benefits). The really ironic part of this was the income demographics of the district he teaches in. Median income was less that $20K/yr.<br /><br />Perhaps Mr. Glenna would like to tell the nation how "It's for the children" as the parents of his students struggle just to make ends meet while he enjoys a salary where he got a 4.5% raise this year?retire05https://www.blogger.com/profile/04192090871824415437noreply@blogger.com