[Zenith]

Wash DC spends $15,000. per student--

Pay the Teachers 15,000. until they show that students can read and write ENGLISH>

[Indy Pendance]

$15,000 per student is outrageous. Private schools do it for much less per student. The unions are sucking the money for their liberal pet political projects, which is all our taxes, usually via property taxes. How many times do you read a story where the school cuts music, but just hired a new grief counselor? The school boards are always asking for referendums for increased taxes. The gov should get out of education and let private enterprise take over. Good competition is what it will take for the public systems to wake up. If the schools focused teaching kids the basics, math, English, history, etc. instead of all the feel good liberal social programs, like how to wear a condom, or Adam and Steve are a family too, maybe they'd deserve a raise. The district near here gives the teachers 100% health benefits, 3 months off, and they still moan and groan they aren't getting enough.

[kitkat]

***Pay the Teachers 15,000. until they show that students can read and write ENGLISH***

During publicity over how ridiculously easy the teacher's exam is to pass, a teacher from a nearby city wrote to the paper to protest. She started out by saying, "I and my colleagues..." and followed that up with other obvious mistakes in grammar. So from whom will our children learn to speak and write English correctly?