Public education. Full disclosure: I’m a retired teacher (Covid broke me). The profession has become so disrespected & under paid for so long & the legislature has done nothing to bring it to the level it needs to be to serve all kids. The voucher system has become another way to ‘work the system’ with ZERO accountability & transparency.…
Public education. Full disclosure: I’m a retired teacher (Covid broke me). The profession has become so disrespected & under paid for so long & the legislature has done nothing to bring it to the level it needs to be to serve all kids. The voucher system has become another way to ‘work the system’ with ZERO accountability & transparency. If parents want to pay for a private or charter school they are welcome to. WITH THEIR OWN MONEY! At the very least, if the republicans want to keep the vouchers in place, create an oversight committee to ensure that the money is spent correctly & private/charter schools have to jump through the same hoops as public schools.
It’s a start. But even that can’t compensate for the class sizes, the workload, & the burnout of public school teachers. Now they need to figure out how to make education more equitable for all students & stop the nonsense going on in the department of education. Looking at you Tom!
Jo, thank you for your years of service. It is truly disgusting how teachers are treated here in AZ. My parents were teachers, my sister too. My parents taught in the Cincinnati Public School District. They would be appalled at this Republican legislature and Horne if they were alive to witness. My housemate is currently a veteran teacher but I don’t know how much longer she can hang on for all the reasons you state. And that’s a real shame, to see quality teachers walk away... but I think that’s the plan, making quality public education disappear.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Credit for 20By2020 belongs solely to the Teachers who walked out in 2018 and the parents who stood with those teachers until Ducey was forced to capitulate. Give credits to Republicans for shutting down our schools that year. Nothing else.
Public education. Full disclosure: I’m a retired teacher (Covid broke me). The profession has become so disrespected & under paid for so long & the legislature has done nothing to bring it to the level it needs to be to serve all kids. The voucher system has become another way to ‘work the system’ with ZERO accountability & transparency. If parents want to pay for a private or charter school they are welcome to. WITH THEIR OWN MONEY! At the very least, if the republicans want to keep the vouchers in place, create an oversight committee to ensure that the money is spent correctly & private/charter schools have to jump through the same hoops as public schools.
What about 20X2020? That was a pretty big deal. No credit to Republicans/the legislature for that one?
It’s a start. But even that can’t compensate for the class sizes, the workload, & the burnout of public school teachers. Now they need to figure out how to make education more equitable for all students & stop the nonsense going on in the department of education. Looking at you Tom!
Tom! How that melted wax statue got elected AGAIN is still one of the most fascinating mysteries of 2022.
I literally shudder each time I see him!
Jo, thank you for your years of service. It is truly disgusting how teachers are treated here in AZ. My parents were teachers, my sister too. My parents taught in the Cincinnati Public School District. They would be appalled at this Republican legislature and Horne if they were alive to witness. My housemate is currently a veteran teacher but I don’t know how much longer she can hang on for all the reasons you state. And that’s a real shame, to see quality teachers walk away... but I think that’s the plan, making quality public education disappear.
“Melted statue” 😂
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Credit for 20By2020 belongs solely to the Teachers who walked out in 2018 and the parents who stood with those teachers until Ducey was forced to capitulate. Give credits to Republicans for shutting down our schools that year. Nothing else.
I completely agree with what Jo says on the education issue.