Samson
Póg Mo Thóin
because we can't blame the kids, won't blame the parents, and don't have the collective horsepower to realize systemic problems have far reaching social implications
so unions are left, and in light of the union busting that's gained a lotta steam here, fits quite nicely into the American denial via demonization scheme we like sh*t ourselves with
~S~
Texas State Law prohibits Teacher Unionization (much like Federal Employees are prohibited from Unionizing, e.g. Flight Controllers, who, striking in 1980 were summarily Fired by the Reagan Administration). Texas has no income tax.
New York (and California?) allow Teacher Unions, and they have high state income taxes to pay the resulting inflated salaries.
Where do students learn more?
Got me, where is texas ranked nationwide in primary education?
Not sure about primary education.
Newsweek publishes a list of America's 1,300 Top PUBLIC Highschools every year.
For 2009, here are the numbers of schools by state that made the list:
Texas = 134
California = 267
New York = 180
Florida = 136
Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors.