Trump for president

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Teachers get the shaft mostly. Its the administrative section of the education dept. that get the better paycheck and they don't even deal with the kids. Instead of state funded pensions it should be employee paid with government supplemental same as private industry. Pensions and administrative faculty is what takes away from students getting the supplies and more teachers to fight over crowding. teachers unions are the most vocal in steering money away from students.

Huh. So you're saying the teacher's union(s) aren't benefiting the teachers or students...just lining the pockets of administrators? That pisses me off. We have a huge teacher shortage out here and any idiot can figure out why. You have to absolutely love teaching to take it on as a career (unless you plan to fight your way up to one of those administrative positions). I think we ranked 70^th or something in the world recently with regards to education. That's disgusting (if I'm recalling correctly--I know we do a piss poor job as compared to other 1^st world countries). Teachers should get an excellent salary along with possibly some housing assistance (in communities like mine where a teacher can't afford to live here). On the other hand, I don't necessarily believe in tenure when it comes to shitty, just doing the bare minimum, teachers. Schools ought to be able to give them das boot.

Given the shortage in California, I'm surprised the laws of supply and demand haven't kicked in. Teachers (especially bilingual) are in very short supply--you'd think salaries would be trending way up to attract them but as far as I know...it's not happening. Just a wing and a prayer.