Here Is Your "Teachers Union Hates Students" Moment Of The Day

1. A charter school in Baltimore is the most successful middle school in Maryland
2. The charter school pays its teachers 18% above average.
3. The teachers at the charter school work 9 hours 15 minutes each day and every other Saturday.
4. The state says charter school teachers must belong to the union.
5. The union contract calls for workdays of 7 hours, 5 minutes, with no weekends.
6. The teachers have no problem with the hours or the pay.
7. The school has no problem with the hours or the pay.
8. The students have no problem with the hours or the pay.
9. The students are performing better than any other middle schoolers in the state.
10. The union decides this cannot be tolerated and steps in to stir the pot.
11. The union tells the school they must pay the teachers 33% above average.
12. The school is now laying off teachers, who never complained, and cutting class hours so the students, who never complained, get less instruction.
13. The school suffers, the teachers suffer, the children suffer most, and the union thugs rejoice.
14. The lefties win again.

Who in their right mind does not see the sheer stupidity in this line of events? Who is the union protecting? Answer – themselves, the union thug bosses. Not the school, not the teachers, and most certainly not the students.

Is there any teachers union that cares about kids?

They Help Kids, Don't Cost Tax Money, Improve Education, And Are Not Union? Obviously, They Must Be Fired

I think you would have a hard time finding anyone who does not admit that today’s education system is having a rough time.

That being said, you would think that most people would support a solution that:
a) does not cost taxpayers additional money
b) decreases the ratio of children to adults, and
c) helps children get a better education.

Say hello to teacher’s unions, who have proven time and time again that they could care less if your child is educated properly. Their sole concerns are more power for them and more money and less responsibility for their union members.

NYC schools have been using funds raised by parents to hire teaching assistants to help in tasks such as monitoring lunch rooms or playgrounds, teach younger children to tie their shoes, or do personal tutoring.

Along come the unions to squash any idea of doing this any more. The unions don’t care that this will make it harder for children. They only care that any jobs like this are only performed by union members. That would decrease the number of assistants, since union members are paid more. It’s a moot point, however, since there is a citywide hiring freeze and they can’t hire anyone else.

So, thanks to the teacher unions, there will be less adults in NYC classrooms this year.

Way to go, guys.

She Was Never A Math Teacher, Because Her Plans Don’t Add Up

So, who gets promoted in teachers unions?

Why, those who oppose any and all efforts to reform education.

I suppose they feel that education is just fine as it is and doesn’t need any reforming, except they constantly whine for more money (at taxpayer expense) to continue the proven failure of a system they have now.

Some Students Would Pay For Their Teachers To Be In A Rubber Room

NYC has over 700 teachers it’s paying full salaries to sit in “rubber rooms” (hey, it’s their term, not mine) and play scrabble or surf the web.

I guess it’s a good think the city is not in any financial hardships and can afford to pay that kind of money to union people to just sit around and do nothing. After all, the city surely has nothing better to do with an estimated $65 million per year than to pay union teachers who have been accused of violations from insubordination to sexual harassment.

It’s common to sit in these rooms and be paid to do nothing for years, with some have wound up in there for 5 or 6 years.

This is due to the teacher’s unions that make it near impossible to fire anyone, and won’t allow them to be reassigned to productive work while waiting for resolution of the charges.

The Teachers Union's Favorite Board Game Is Monopoly

Public schools are run by teachers unions. Most charter schools are not.

Public schools perform worse than charter schools under most criteria, causing a lot of people to seek out charter schools.

Teachers unions are trying to muscle their way into charter schools.

Do you see what will happen to charter schools if unions get their way?

Teachers unions are not about what’s best for the students. They are about power, pure and simple.

NEA Declares War On Military

The NEA has declared open war on the military by using dirty tricks including boldly lying about school voucher programs to deny them to military families.

In a letter, the union, which has demonstrated over the years they care only about teachers and they could care less about children, declared the voucher program in DC is a failure and has never shown any signs of success. This is either delusional or outright lying. I doubt they are delusional.

Shame on the NEA and shame on any teacher who cares more about their union than the kids they are supposed to be teaching.

Are You Pro-Children or Pro-Union?

School vouchers only help students.

School vouchers only hurt underperforming schools, staffed by underperforming teachers.

School vouchers are supported by a majority of people.

School vouchers are opposed most strongly by teachers unions.

Republicans, as a rule, support school vouchers.

Democrats, as a rule, oppose school vouchers.

Teachers unions, as a rule, oppose Republicans and support Democrats.

Obama and most Democrats exercise choice on where their children attend school.

Obama and most Democrats don’t want you to have a choice on where your children attend school.

Borrowing a page from the abortion debate, I have decided to begin calling those who oppose school choice Pro-Unions. This would include Obama and most Democrats. I will also begin calling those who support school choice Pro-Children, since vouchers help children. This would include most Republicans.

Are you Pro-Children, or Pro-Union?

And They Say Conservatives Are Against Children

If you have a privately funded organization that pays for teachers to go into the worst schools in the poorest districts, and it saves taxpayer money, this would be viewed by school districts as a win-win, correct?

Nope. It would be viewed by teacher’s unions as unfair competition and they would fight it as much as possible.

Aren’t you glad those teacher unions are so concerned with the education of your children?