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Hawaii's Children, Left Behind
NY Times ^ | 10/30/09

Posted on 11/04/2009 12:04:51 PM PST by vc79

The economic crisis has forced every state to scramble to get its budget in balance. This has meant torturous efforts to preserve essential services and minimize the pain and damage from slashed spending and lost jobs. Every state has sacrificed. But Hawaii has sacrificed its own schoolchildren.

The 50th state, the only one with a single statewide school district, has just cut 17 days from the academic year, under a new labor contract with public school teachers that avoids layoffs in favor of pay cuts and furloughs, all to be taken on instructional days.

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TOPICS: Government; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: hawaii; teacher; union
81% of my union voted to take the furlough days during instructional days vice holidays and summer days. I am rather ashamed of my colleagues.
1 posted on 11/04/2009 12:04:51 PM PST by vc79
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To: vc79

The Enemies Within Our Education system


Education Unions (the N.E.A.), School Administrators and Yes - Even Some Teachers

Worm in the Apple

What is to be Done?

Leave No Teachers Behind!

Lefty Teachers Meet the MP3 Player/REcorder



2 posted on 11/04/2009 12:07:48 PM PST by B-Cause (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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The Socialist/Communist state government just doing what it naturally does. What else did you expect?


3 posted on 11/04/2009 12:14:06 PM PST by This Just In
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... just cut 17 days from the academic year, under a new labor contract with public school teachers [unions] that avoids layoffs in favor of pay cuts and furloughs, all to be taken on instructional days.

Yeah, what is that about, "It's for the children" garbage? Hoo boy, those Democrats really care...about themslves.

4 posted on 11/04/2009 12:17:23 PM PST by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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To: vc79

“It’s all about the children”...
I’m sure that’s what the teachers union would still say.

Well, I guess they just wanted to show they really don’t believe
in a “no child left behind” philosophy (/sarc)


5 posted on 11/04/2009 12:17:43 PM PST by VOA
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Well, considering the liberal view of abortion and the evils of Man, it’s really No Child Left.


6 posted on 11/04/2009 12:20:28 PM PST by This Just In
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To: B-Cause

They don’t care about the kids. They care about their jobs. I wish they could just admit that and quit lying to everyone.


7 posted on 11/04/2009 2:35:29 PM PST by vpintheak (4-times an extremist)
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