Protests In Wisconsin

[bones40]

Originally Posted by AGDee

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.

Don't bet on it. The wacko union thugs national membership was down to 14% and that was with a Democratic controlled House, Senate and White House. I am probably not as smart as you liberals but I think 86% is bigger than 14%. Most of the country is behind the Wisconsin Governor and Obama is a one term President.

[bones40]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I wouldn't be surprised if things don't get bizarre in Michigan too. The new Republican governor just announced his budget plan and it includes more cuts to education, which is really sad. Education has taken the hit repeatedly.

Hardly. Spending has skyrocketed.

How much do they spend per student in China?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by bones40

Hardly. Spending has skyrocketed.

How much do they spend per student in China?

Hi madmax!

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by bones40

Don't bet on it. The wacko union thugs national membership was down to 14% and that was with a Democratic controlled House, Senate and White House. I am probably not as smart as you liberals but I think 86% is bigger than 14%. Most of the country is behind the Wisconsin Governor and Obama is a one term President.

Read my posts above because the stuff in Michigan isn't about unions. It's about a governor trying to take the power to take over any city or school district that HE deems to be in a financial crisis and fire all of their elected officials and appoint his own manager to that city. Elected officials are NOT unionized.

As to China's education system, they have increased their funding of it by 1% every year since 1998. Education is only compulsory through age 15. It is 100% government run. They spend $2867 per student. Some students only go to agriculture school after age 15, where they learn Chinese, Mathematics and Morals. Students have to take an entrance exam to get into a college prep high school. Is that better? Really?

Our education spending in Michigan has not skyrocketed. It has gone down significantly over the past 3 years. It's been cut more than $2000 in some districts.

[Drolefille]

^^ It's max, don't bother.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

^^ It's max, don't bother.

I figured it was, but answered anyway...lol.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I figured it was, but answered anyway...lol.

Hehe, yeah I never want to come off as 'telling' people to shut up, it's more a 'don't waste your energy and get upset' over a troll, thing

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Hehe, yeah I never want to come off as 'telling' people to shut up, it's more a 'don't waste your energy and get upset' over a troll, thing

I rarely get upset on here. I AM very upset with governor Snyder. (intentional lower case of his title)

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by bones40

I am probably not as smart as you

FYP

[sanjiyan69]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

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.

After seeing the kids in my wife's classroom (ECSE), I totally understand why the class size is small. People only look in from the outside and not from within. This is my wife's first year in the school district. I guess we'll see what Snyder is going to do here in Michigan.

Good luck.

[KSUViolet06]

^^^True story. We have 9 kids and 3 adults (teacher + me + aide) and I still feel like we don't have enough hands sometimes. lol.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Read my posts above because the stuff in Michigan isn't about unions. It's about a governor trying to take the power to take over any city or school district that HE deems to be in a financial crisis and fire all of their elected officials and appoint his own manager to that city. Elected officials are NOT unionized.

I don't get what the big deal is Dee, the state has always had the ability to take over city management during a fiscal or other crisis. During the whole Kwame mess the governor had the option to impeach Kwame and take over the city of Detroit. If that HAD happened it would've been a budget manager out of Lansing who would have been the "mayor" of Detroit. People have been calling for a state takeover of DPS for years as well, it's just that Granholm, while mentioning the option was available, didn't want to get into that hot mess and I don't blame her.

So how is this any different?

[knight_shadow]

About 12,000 showed up to the rally for "Save Texas Schools" in Austin

link

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I don't get what the big deal is Dee, the state has always had the ability to take over city management during a fiscal or other crisis. During the whole Kwame mess the governor had the option to impeach Kwame and take over the city of Detroit. If that HAD happened it would've been a budget manager out of Lansing who would have been the "mayor" of Detroit. People have been calling for a state takeover of DPS for years as well, it's just that Granholm, while mentioning the option was available, didn't want to get into that hot mess and I don't blame her.

So how is this any different?

There is a difference from impeaching somebody and just sacking somebody.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

There is a difference from impeaching somebody and just sacking somebody.

True but AFAIK if the state ever did take over the city due to a crisis people elected and appointed would be replaced left and right.