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"The governor could solve this with the Legislature. He could save teachers the $60 a year," she said. "All he has to do is work with the Legislature and come to a fair agreement for our students."

Unbelievable, so it's the Governor's fault that the union wants to raise more money from its members. HUH? I have an idea, take that 500 a year that the teachers are giving to the unions and put it into the classroom. I'm always hearing how teachers have to reach into their own pockets.

This isn't about the students, or their education. This is about holding teachers accountable for their performance, or lack of.
My wife is at Chico State right now taking the CSET test. This is the test that Ca uses to make sure that all of their new teachers are, "Highly Qualified." This test is a monster with an extremely high failure rate. If you were awarded your teaching credentials after 2002, you must take and pass this test to get a job, or to keep your job.
OK, that's fine.
I strongly suggest that every teacher in this state should have to take and pass this test to continue teaching!!!!!
The problem is that we would have very few teachers left to teach, most would never be able to pass this test!!!
This is a fact based on the pass failure rate of those students who have just finished 6 years of college and are a lot closer to geometry and advanced algebra than those who haven seen a college text book in 10 or 15 years.
These teachers are running scared. They have failed to bring the level of student knowledge up to standards and are now scared shitless that they might be tested to see where their level of knowledge might be.
If these teachers were so worried about the students then they would have figured out a way to teach them what they need to know.
There are many adds out in the Ca media claiming that the schools were given less money for education this year than last. It sounds good, but it is a bold faced lie.
More money was spent on education this year than last year.
If the teachers union can't manage to tell the truth about simple well documented facts, what good are they?