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Hero’s! Red for Ed! Did Chalkbeat pull a muscle trying to bend that headline? Apparently “Classes canceled because Union workers refusing to do their job” didn’t fit the preset agenda.
Good public education is the backbone of any advanced country – that wants to stay advanced. Public schools and their employees should be adequately compensated for the work they do. Teachers are woefully underpaid in this country.
… and so are John Deere factory workers … and most everyone that is a member of a union. If they want more money, they should decertify their unions. They will get an instant raise from the union dues savings. Perhaps they want what Illinois has, the most corrupt education system imaginable. The 100 highest-paid school administrators in Illinois in 2006 had salaries ranging from $205,590 to $380,227. Their retirement plans are insanely inflated … and the state is financially upside down as a result. Teaching is a part-time job, nine to ten months a year. It is also extremely important as a means to prepare our youth for higher level learning that will equip them to be productive workers for the rest of their lives. It is time for year-round school. Increase teachers compensation by 17% so they can work another 2 months (17%) and become full-time workers like the rest of the workforce. It would also be an appropriate time to evaluate the quality of the product they are producing like the rest of the workforce, namely the quality of the education students receive. The additional two months per year of instruction should be spent on mathematics education. Basic, fundamental math. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and percentages. So students could know how to make change by the time they graduate. And how to craft and live within a budget that is in the black. And understand the complete picture of taxation to know how much government at all levels takes from their earnings. There are a lot of “upsides” to paying teachers more, if it is done with proper stewardship.
A job pays what a job pays. Teachers, drivers, doctors, etc knew this when they went to school. They knew this when they took on debt they can’t afford. They knew this when they got the new Iphone they can’t afford. My mom was a teacher for 30 years. Not once did she say she was underpaid. Why? Because she went to school and got her masters to educate children, not become rich.
Pay. Them. More. We have ALL seen just how important teachers and school support staff are during this pandemic. Pay. Them. More. PERIOD. The money is there—I paid over 3K in state taxes this year—PAY THEM.