But how do you get them to let go of the NEA’s teat? The one that pays for every kid in some kind of meal program, the one that pays for every butt in a school seat? Regardless of actual proficiency in the basics?
We have “parents” who just don’t “have the time” to get involved...in just about any activity and we’re supposed to believe that they’ll suddenly get involved in education?
I agree with your points, but I think it’s going to take a lot more than showing them it saves money, especially if the vast majority of those “parents” are already on the dole.
One thing for certain that "we can do" is already being done around this country, that you might have noticed especially in Wisconsin, wherein Gov. Scott Walker, along with conservatives in Wisconsin's legislature, signed a bill assuring that no school district would remove pay from each teacher and send it to their local version of the NEA!
Twice Walker was attacked for his actions by NEA rent-a-thug bussed to Madison who ostensibly shut down the Capitol.
Many other states already had the same process or are working to put into place this same provision - namely, no one who teaches school, has union dues withdrawn from their paychecks!
If the teachers choose to pay the union dues, the must first write the union a check from their own bank accounts - and thousands are choosing not to do so, further limiting the reach of the NEA!
Currently in my own state of Kansas, there are ads running on radio at least, that take on the powerful voices that always clamor for more "money for the children," informing the public that "for every one teacher hired in Kansas, five non-teaching positions were filled!"
Voices like that going out each and every day will insure that when those who do vote, go to the polls with the knowledge that the so-called "education lobby," aren't needing more money for teachers but more money to line their own pockets. Even KS teachers know the truth and can speak up about it.