I've been trying to learn more about this...thanks for the info! Will you keep us updated?

I saw that! That seemed like straight out of The Onion...except, it wasn't.

dictatorship?

Put them in the shoes of a teacher for a few days...then they will understand.

just posted that MSNBC clip on my facebook. I wonder what kind of response I'm going to get.

You bet. I am very riled up about this one.

A teacher friend of mine had posted it on hers and I shared it.. three more of my friends have shared it since. The staunch Republicans have been very quiet, even those who usually issue rebuttals pretty quickly. I think this goes too far, even for them

As appealing as a businessman with no political experience sounds when we're hating "politics as usual", said businessman needs to at least understand that he is not the CEO of the state and government is NOT the same as a business.

He did promise to re-invent Michigan. I didn't know he would re-invent Democracy.

School districts in Texas are laying off teachers in huge numbers. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, districts are being forced to let go of anywhere from 200+ (Irving schools are not renewing 1st year teachers) to 3000 (Dallas school district, Fort Worth is only letting go of 1000). Yes, some positions maybe redudant or teachers who teach smaller classrooms.

We've been told that our classroom numbers will increase by 10-20 students.

The districts are begging the Texas governor to release funds from the state's Rainy Day Fund. It's a $9 billion fund for emergencies.

Gov. Rick Perry's (aka, Gov. Goodhair) response: "The school districts need to solve their own problems and not run to the state to solve them." He is refusing to release any funds.

Meanwhile, Gov. Goodhair has pushed through a bill that requires any woman seeking an abortion to have her doctor give her a mandatory sonogram, discuss what is seen, and to sign a paper that they discussed the sonogram and exactly what they saw.

I thought Republicans were all about government not interfering in people's lives.

And, yesterday after school, I found out that I may lose my job. 15 years of teaching. A Master's. Department Head. 5 areas of certification (meaning I have licenses to teach in 5 areas). And I was told that my department will be one of the first ones affected along with Special Education.

That's awful :mad:

A few days ago, I read that PWSH was preparing to increase enrollment by ~50%. Is the district planning on closing down schools too, or is the focus on releasing administration/teachers?

Teachers in PISD thought we were pretty safe - we're opening a new 9-10 high school next year and the projection that PWHS will go from 2000 to 3400 students. But, no. We find out the week after Spring Break who will be laid off.

^^

No. Teachers in my district thought we were safe. A new 9-10 high school is opening next year and the projected increase of PWHS from 2000 to 3400 in the next 2 years. But, we were told that layoffs are definite. We find out after Spring Break who will be let go.

Sorry for the double post. The original post did not show up for me for some reason.

:( This is terrible. I'm so sorry.

I think that will be happening in Michigan too because the gov is cutting the special ed budget by 5% and the regular ed budget only by 4%. Such a good guy.

ETA: It dawned on me. These whacko Republican Governors in these swing states may just help Obama get re-elected in the end.

One of the things that puts ESL and SpEd on the chopping block is our smaller class sizes. People look at them and say, "Oh, you only have 5-10 kids in your classes." We have smaller classes for a reason.

They are saying that a regular history class in high school will be 40-50 students next year.

Yet they'll gripe and complain when the students test scores fall and kids aren't learning what they're supposed to.

The Dems are showing their true colors. The politicians in Wisconsin are now getting death threats from the radical left.