Monday, May 08, 2023

Why People Home-School

For some reason, some people think that schools teach useful things: 

Let’s pause for a moment to survey what a great job OEA members are doing and to wonder whether the results would be any worse if they were replaced by wolves or ChatGPT.

…just 2 out 10 black and brown students in Oakland public schools can read at grade level.

Time to give them more money.

In its latest proposal, the district offered all teachers a pay increase of anywhere from 13% to 23%, depending on their years of experience.

How about determining pay increases based on whether their students can even calculate 23% of their salary?

In their “Common Good” demands, the teachers also demanded things including six “restorative days” to combat burnout, the first week of school to solely focus on fostering a positive school climate, reparations for black students, prohibiting the closure of certain schools, a voice on steering committees, providing climate-controled, green classrooms…

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A major teachers’ union in the state of Colorado recently passed a resolution declaring that the capitalist system of economics “inherently exploits children, public schools, land, labor, and resources.”

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