[Sunshine Sister]

Not only that, unions are trying to put words in my mouth. I want a tax cut and bigger is better. Where I live the state budget is hurting. How are the educrats reacting? They are cutting positions all right...janitors, teachers, paras etc. Is there one administrators position cut? No way. Can' have that.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

I had my little run ins with the NEA in high school. The teachers went on strike for some reason. Rather than pat them on the back, I called them "extorters of the taxpayer's money." They hated me...

How are the educrats reacting? They are cutting positions all right...janitors, teachers, paras etc. Is there one administrators position cut? No way

I've suspected that, but there's no way to prove it. What we need it an audit of Federal Education money.

Something concise, something readable, but something detailed. I'm sick and tired of hearing "books not bombs" and "we're in overcrowded classrooms" when the $ spent on Education are not only going up, they're going WAY up, every stupid year.

Hey NEA, show me the money.

[ladylib]

A NYC teacher called the Curtis and Kuby Show on WABC this morning and complained that he had eight textbooks for 150 students. NYC spends about $10,000 per kid per year. How come kids don't have textbooks for each one of their classes? Where exactly does that money go?

No more money until every single last penny can be accounted for even if it takes years to do it. Forget about raising taxes for public schools.

[visualops]

Actually, here in Greenville County school district (SC), they are eliminating the position of Assistant Superintendant. It will save $2.5 million annually. They said the cut would affect "some principals" but would not affect teachers or students.
Makes you wonder why the heck the job existed in the first place.

[NetValue]

"They are cutting positions all right...janitors, teachers, paras etc. Is there one administrators position cut? No way."

If you cut the worthless administrative bureaucracy you would have enough money to run a whole separate school system operated on vouchers. It's not a question of more money, but how they are wasting what we give them already!