It’s basically about teachers refusing to teach because they want more money. But “Today” hypes it as “a powerful movement.”
Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.
OK is 49th or 50th in teacher pay.
I was an undergraduate at Berkeley, and I participated in every stupid protest to come down the pike. Young and stupid... I know...
In the (many more than) four years that I was there getting my undergraduate degree, the by far biggest protest we had was against increased registration fees. I turns out most students cared a lot more about their own money than they did about East Timor or Apartheid...
My daughter, who is a very dedicated and capable teacher, started out in a charter school making $32,000 per year. She has since moved to another where she cracked the $40K barrier. Has had dozens of interviews in the public school system, but no offers as the hiring process in our mobbed-up unionized school system is so incredibly corrupt. (Basically you have to be related to someone or know who to pay off).
My daughter is OK with the pay as she is married to an engineer, and she managed to get enough scholarships that she is not burdened with a ton of student debt.
I would be fine with paying teacher salaries north of $70K IF they were really among the best and brightest. In nearly all cases they are not. Unionized schools reward seniority and connections.