The reason our public schools are so bad is threefold:
1) the way they are funded is illogical and ensures failure of those in poor areas. We cannot continue to fund schools with the money from local property taxes going to the schools in that area. All sources of funding should be meted out equally to all schools in all areas, and when a wealthy person or corporation donates to education, that money should be spread out equally over the educational system. That is the only way we are going to ensure that all students have equal opportunity for a good education.
2) The diversion of tax money from public education into for-profit schools over the last few decades has further eroded our public schools.
3) Until we stop the ongoing robbery of the middle and working classes by the wealthiest, we are not going to be able to solve the problem of poverty, which is the biggest enemy of education. Children who are from destitute or financially floundering families are facing insurmountable obstacles to becoming adequately educated to be successful as productive members of society.
I don't understand the statement. There are bad public schools, but that is the problem to be addressed, and the answer is not to replace them with charter schools. My opinion: elect government officials who are more accountable for the proper education of all children and not beholden to those who wish to capitalize on charter schools being financed in part, at least, by taxes coming out of all taxpayers pockets.
See Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co; they'll be guilty of a 14th Amendment due process violation if they try to stop it. There aren't enough Justices uncompromised by the plaintiffs to form a quorum, so any finding they make would eventually have to be set aside.
Governor Walker has egregiously pooled and diverted taxpayer money to corporate interests in the form of such programs as school vouchers and the WEDC (though these are just the tip of the iceberg), and there is a proven track record in his many public elections and administrations of sneakiness and corruption, yet he with a stroke of a pen this week removed funding to natural resource organizations that the Joint Finance Committee had earlier restored to nearly 90%. The veto he says, "Protects the integrity of segregated natural resources funds by eliminating $958,300 of earmarks for various organizations." He also says, "I object to earmarking these funds for specific conservation organizations without requiring accountability in the use of the funds." I know, first hand, of the multitudes of volunteer hours, energy, and efforts that are put into stewardship of this beautiful state by many, many people. It is highly organized, highly documented, and nothing short of unbelievable. It is the pot calling the kettle black. Governor Walker shows evidence of neither understanding nor practicing integrity or accountability. His actions indicate that he operates from a place of double standards, inflated entitlement, untruths and contradictions, and lack of empathy. He is constantly seeking higher power and creating for himself limitless control. This individual's behavioral patterns and psychological disposition may require a closer look and deeper analysis.
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