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Townhall…
Antidote to
Government's Education Monopoly
By Kyle Olson
Americans are beginning to understand that the government-run
assembly-line education system is not working. As I point out in the
upcoming "Kids Aren't Cars" film series, thousands, of not millions of
kids are being failed by a system that is geared more towards
satisfying adults than educating children.
See the trailer by clicking the link below.
How else can a recent Detroit Public Schools graduate be unable to read
her own diploma? How else can tenure - the job security law for unfit
teachers - be explained? How else can budget busting pension systems be
explained?
When collective bargaining was brought into American schools in the
1960s, it was a revenue stream and power base for Big Labor. Suddenly,
union bosses became more interested in building political muscle than
educating children.
At that point the battle between unions and school boards became more
focusing on salary, benefits, pensions and working conditions for
adults, and less about students.
Kids are only pawns in the self-serving union game.
As we point out in "Kids Aren't Cars," this has poisoned the education
environment. We witness ugly fights in communities during union
contract negotiations. Unions lead recall campaigns against school
board members who don’t vote the union way. Teachers throw up their
hands because the union will take their money by hook or by crook,
while showing no interest in their input.
To read the full article and see trailer…
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