Posted on 02/17/2011 8:55:46 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Protesters unhappy about proposed budget cuts march at the State Capitol building on Wednesday in Madison, Wisconsin.
(CNN) -- This week's growing controversy about funding public education in Wisconsin is hardly an isolated incident, as 40 states are coping with budget shortfalls totaling $140 billion, which will threaten America's 14,000 school districts for the next five years, one analyst said Thursday.
Concerns about funding kindergarten through 12th-grade systems were evident this week in Denver when big education's stakeholders -- the nation's two largest teachers unions, a superintendents group, a school boards group and federal education officials -- met to discuss labor-management cooperation, one participant said.
The summit was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
"What is becoming very clear is that state legislatures and governors are struggling with huge budget shortfalls," said Anne Bryant, executive director of the National School Boards Association, who attended the gathering.
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agreed the unions are part of the problem along with the break down of a normal healthy traditional family.
I’m amazed how many parents have no clue what their kids are being off their teachers
agree the GOP should be shouting about those signs , how good their pay is etc plus not forgetting how obama’s website organising for America is helping, supporting and backing this thuggery.
If the republicans had done this and walked away into hiding then the left would have a field day but now the GOP stay silent like the cowards they are
“Sorry, I have too much distrust in the ‘good’ that the government does to let them near my four children.”
And may God bless you for that.
I agree that we spend more money then ever on education and get less for that money then ever.
I just think the “greatest generation” is responsible for this mess.
“Sounds like a good plan. I think we should also make it much easier for parents to home-school.”
Indeed I want my State’s voucher program to pay specifically for results, if the parents get them results then the parents should get to redeem the voucher.
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