After reading your recent story about the new bill to privatize public teaching jobs, I was outraged. Our hardworking teachers are struggling enough as it is, thanks to the $1 billion cut to K-12 schools that was passed this spring, and this flawed legislation will only make things worse.
We certainly need to reform and strengthen our education system to help kids succeed, but I fail to see how outsourcing teaching jobs to for-profit corporations will do anything to improve public education. If anything, it’ll mean less rigorous classroom standards, and more money from taxpayers so greedy CEOs can pocket more profits at our kids’ expense.
I would strongly encourage state Sen. Joe Hune to vote no on this short-sighted plan, and start focusing on real solutions that invest in education and help our kids compete for jobs of the future.
Source:http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20111121/OPINION03/111210301/Outsourcing-teaching-jobs-won-t-improve-education
