I'm posting this article to the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page tonight 7PM Mountain Time. Hope it gets shared widely. Thanks for writing!
Couch, your summation paragraph really hits the subject on the nose. Charter schools not only effect the children but the general community. Less pay for teachers, or "abysmal" pay and I would be led to belief work conditions, as you say is a sad state of affairs tied directly to Charter's. That is the crust of my thoughts on the subject. Why must current living standards be reduced for those entrusted with the children's education? Charters are more viable and excepted in community's that historically pay lower wages to their education staff, at least at the school level.
Walker struck (lined it right out) the Wisconsin Idea from the University of Wisconsin systems higher education principles, then in response to outrage, claimed it was a "drafting error". An anonymous insert in his budget to gut open records was slipped in late on July 3 before a holiday weekend and voted "yes" by all Republican senators until outrage came knocking, again. Then, it was removed, and legislator Scott Fitzgerald stated that Walker had been involved with this. Walker says that he was not in favor of the Boy Scouts to allow gay leaders. Things should have stayed the same to "protect children and advance scout values." Now, again in response to outrage, he claims that he only (out of the kindness of his heart...not) wanted to protect children from the discussion about gays in Boy Scouts. A psychological evaluation is warranted. There seem to be a lot of nasty words and actions that are okay until they come head to head with outrage, then they mysteriously take a twist.
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