Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Republicans want to END Public Education; Admit it!!

I want Republicans to just admit they want to defund and end public education. They are supporting vouchers, giving public money to private schools, religious schools. You hear choice! What choice means is charter schools, private schools and religious schools have the choice to take your child. If a smart, promising child, they take them. If not, go to public education. That is the state of education now. Less and less money is going to public education. Private schools, charter schools have no accountability. Teachers and schools have no accountability on scores, results or uses of money. The State of Arizona has been a proponent of choice and charter schools since the 1990's. We have so many charter schools and based on choice and the charter schools, AZ should be increasing in results. We have declined and gone to the bottom and there are stores in AZ Republic of misue of funds, politicans benefiting from charter school laws and funding. This whole situation is corrupt. Finland has been ranked at the top of Education ranking for years. Things they do: 1) no private education is funded and very few allowed 2) Masters and teacher training program as teachers make more than or the same as Doctors, 3) No homework, 4) play and fun in learning plus more. Republicans are promoting Homeschooling and anyone can be a teacher. Republicans are removing unions in Education and tenure which protects me to actually teach about the Constitution, 3/5 compromise, 2nd Amendment original intent, and slavery, and religion. Getting rid of tenure means I can be fired for a bumper sticker (happened in Glendale in AZ in 2012) or teaching current events or January 6 or about Donald Trump!. Republicans really do not want or like public education. Russ Limbaugh has said many times and I see posts today how Public Education is radical, we indoctrinate students and promote gayness, trans students and communism. Private schools and charter schools run by corporations is the Republican solution. They want to reduce taxes, have no money and reduce funding in education. It is nationwide. I wish more were honest and say the truth. These policies are there to hurt public education. You hear a few state this but the dog whisltes are there-choice, competition, vouchers are all ways to negate public education and hurt public schools. The Republican party goal is to privitize education or make it so awful, we get rid of it. Do you agree with this? Yes education has issues. Yes it can be better. We do have waste and we do have issues. I love my job and I believe my school teaches and students learn. Students learn the curriculum and do well on tests that the State requires. My students learn and remember. Even with the hardships-no textbooks, less funding, holes in ceilings, poor maintenance, students are still learning and doing well. Keep public education and support public education. Support all students. Reduce vouchers. We can come up with funding issues, we can come up with improvements but giving money and support to private or relgious or charter schools are not the answer. Support the youth! Support education!!!

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