Originally Posted by sgtdmski

Year after year we spend more and more on education and what results have we seen? Year in and year out our children's test scores do not improve when compared to other countries. Teachers cry they do not make enough money, yet their salary is based on a 9 month work year, we all seem to forget that. $40,000 may not sound like a lot of money for a year, yet if they worked for 12 months they would be making 54,000 a year. Boo frackin hoo.

No Child Left Behind sought to hold schools accountable by testing the students, guess who cried the loudest??? The teachers. Obviously there is a reason for this, the most prominent is the fear that they have when the test shows they aren't teaching. The bill also sought to hold teachers and schools accountable, again the teachers cried the loudest.

Teachers are against vouchers, why? Because it threatens their jobs. God forbid we actually hold our teachers accountable for actually educating our children. No they just want their checks, screw the kids.

Blame Bush, join the club. Perhaps you can explain why education funding has increased 60% from Clinton's last budget to Bush 2007 budget. Inflation would only account for about an 18% increase. But it Bush's fault, and the teachers are just overworked and underpaid. Yeah right.


dmk