Public School Enrollment is Declining. How in the . . .

[Man With A Plan]

That's not how teacher pay is determined.

Who do you think pays teachers?

 

[Man With A Plan]

Maybe the union bigwigs once corrupted, but the rank and file members are teachers and care very much about the welfare of students.

The rank and file elect the union big wigs and the politicians. You can't say that they're immune from the corruption.

 

[Unkotare]

Who do you think pays teachers?

The district where the teacher works, at a rate determined via contract negotiated with the union.

 

[Unkotare]

The rank and file elect the union big wigs and the politicians. You can't say that they're immune from the corruption.

Read what I wrote.

 

[Man With A Plan]

The district where the teacher works, at a rate determined via contract negotiated with the union.

And who is it that negotiates that rate?

 

[DGS49]

Declining enrollment never seems to translate to lower costs. Here in Pittsburgh, the enrollment is about half what it was fifty years ago, but the costs have still risen with inflation, student numbers be damned.

And when they try to close half-empty schools, the parents make a big stink and the school board gives in. It ain't pretty by any means.

 

[Leo123]

As a Public School Teacher myself, I read this as you saying

"My Public School Doesn't do all the Terrible things that Your Public School Does."

(indoctrination, sexual talks, drag queens in school libraries, no curriculum, teachers that molest children, just serves their Unions and (D) masters, etc)

You Seymour Flops are a fraud.

Let us know which school so we can avoid sending our children to it.

 

[Leo123]

Declining enrollment never seems to translate to lower costs. Here in Pittsburgh, the enrollment is about half what it was fifty years ago, but the costs have still risen with inflation, student numbers be damned.

And when they try to close half-empty schools, the parents make a big stink and the school board gives in. It ain't pretty by any means.

If the school board drops their non scholastic curriculum and return to teaching STEM, half empty schools would fill back up.

 

[Unkotare]

And who is it that negotiates that rate?

The district and the union.

 

[Unkotare]

The district where the teacher works, at a rate determined via contract negotiated with the union.

True news. Again we see an "expert" pontificating on matters pertaining to education without having the first idea what the hell he's talking about.

 

[Unkotare]

If the school board drops their non scholastic curriculum and return to teaching STEM, half empty schools would fill back up.

"Return"?

 

[Unkotare]

The district where the teacher works, at a rate determined via contract negotiated with the union.

True news.

 

[Leo123]

"Return"?

Stem only.

 

[Unkotare]

Stem only.

It's STEAM now, and it never went away.

 

[Leo123]

It's STEAM now, and it never went away.

OK add art.

 

[Man With A Plan]

The district and the union.

Teacher pay is determined by negotiations between politicians and the unions. Since the unions got the politicians elected it's not hard to see how that works out!

 

[Unkotare]

Teacher pay is determined by negotiations between politicians and the unions. ...

No, between the school district and the teacher's union. That's how it works whether you like it or not. Stop using your imagination and pay attention.

 

[Man With A Plan]

No, between the school district and the teacher's union. That's how it works whether you like it or not. Stop using your imagination and pay attention.

Students or Salaries? How Unions Choose School Board Candidates

School boards remain one of the most powerful forces in American education, helping to set curricula, evaluate teachers, and direct hundreds of billions of dollars in education funding. Yet teachers’ unions play an outsized role in determining who serves on these boards. If the interests of...

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[Unkotare]

Students or Salaries? How Unions Choose School Board Candidates

School boards remain one of the most powerful forces in American education, helping to set curricula, evaluate teachers, and direct hundreds of billions of dollars in education funding. Yet teachers’ unions play an outsized role in determining who serves on these boards. If the interests of...

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School boards are made up of people from the local community, not professional politicians you dope.

 

[Man With A Plan]

School boards are made up of people from the local community, not professional politicians you dope.

School boards are elected positions. If you read that article it shows quite clearly what backing by the teacher's unions do for candidates chances of being elected. The teacher's unions back the school board candidates that they're confident will give them what they want.