[cripplecreek]

I personally hope the strike goes on a good long time and gets lots of press. Nothing better to keep reminding our fellow Michiganders.

If anyone wants to be added to the Michigan Cap Con ping list, let me know.

[PJ-Comix]

Paul Kersey, director of workforce policy at the Illinois Policy Institute...

The Death Wish guy!

[StAnDeliver]

"These are teachers who have a great deal and they are striking because they refuse to make needed concessions,” Kersey said. "It's just breathtaking to watch. They are very well paid and their instructional time is just five and a quarter hours long — either the shortest or one of the shortest in the nation."

"They teach for school district that is projected to have a $1 billion deficit next year," Kersey said. "Only 60 percent of the students who go through the school district's high schools get a diploma. Yet, the union is refusing any reasonable process for teacher evaluation. The head of the union made an amazing statement the other day, saying that if they have this evaluation process, 6,000 teachers would lose their jobs. In other words, they just admitted the [Chicago] District has 6,000 bad teachers. I hope that's not the case.”