NYC’s Insane Teachers’ Contract

John,
On the issue of vouchers I believe the real solution is to give tax credits. The problem, to often, is that vouchers get tied to requirements developed by the same statist people that are dumbing down our children now. Same goes for many Charter schools.

You remain virtually alone as someone who gets it in a media that that is to far to the left. Keep up the fight for truth and liberty. Thanks!

Ya, I don't know how you manage to stay on track in that world, John. When are you going to write another book? I'm sure it'll be a bestseller!

Jack:

Tax credits can work in some situations but the worst schools service a lot of families don't pay taxes and making a credit refundable will lead to charges that it is just more welfare.

With vouchers the market should fill the gap left by the below average public schools and their union teachers. It's not always going to be pretty but it sure would beat what we have now in a lot of school districts. You have to make the school administrators and teachers accountable to people that can take their money elsewhere.

Credits or vouchers would bothe be improvements over our continuing shoveling money at incompetents.

"Even in Utah, voters rejected vouchers."

Don't make the mistake of thinking that Utah is conservative (let alone libertarian). Utah politics is often dominated by entrenched interests (the good ole boy effect). This makes Utah highly suseptible to organized lobbying. As a result we end up kowtowing to unions, insurance lobbyists, and other nanny-statist, small-business crippling groups.

john, if your organization gives an archorman/woman position to a person with the qualifications, let's say like yours, but without enough years of experience, would you think the organization was/is fair to other applicants? for instance yourself? In my school (in NYC) the principal always insists in proper attire.

did some teacher say something mean to you when you were a little boy? why are u always picking on teacher?
what about journalists? how much money do u make? I'm sure it is a lot more than a teacher? your job looks pretty cushy ... why not do some real reporting instead of terrorizing working class people? I know a teacher.. she work with teenagers who are disabled and economically disadvantaged. her nyc school gives her 2 pieces of chalk in Sept & a grade book. everything else is out of pocket.
including pens, pencils, notebook paper. she does not have office space.
she has excessive paper work; her school day ends at 3:30 and then her work day begins -- planning for the next day, grading, calling parents, writing grants for supplies. but u keep picking on them -- maybe all the good
ones will leave!

Do you believe that a quality public education is every child's right?
The problem with charters, vouchers, and a "market" is that they don't have to play by the same rules - they don't have to take ANY child that comes to them/is assigned to them. If every school were to play by those same rules there would be a lot of students who NO ONE would take - because it would not be cost effective - especially if funding is tied to test results.

I guarantee you. Juh Juh Juh John wa wa wa was picked on in sca sca sca school and nuh nuh nuh nuh now he wa wa wa wants to get even wi wi wi with the world. Thuh thuh those terrible tuh tuh tuh teachers neh neh neh never stood up for him.

You know John. A BS in Psychology is not going to help you get over your issues of persecution. You really should seek some therapy. Maybe when you get over your poor me I am always the victim mentality, you might actually may be able to contribute something more useful in this world. The fact that you have been stuck in this dead end position at ABC is evidence of this inability to grow in your personal life.

Even your parents respect your brother's station in life. Stop taking out your feelings of inferiority on others. This is what a bully does. And bully's often have these feelings too.

Work it out John.