Dear Editor:
Clearly our children are our most valuable asset, unfortunately there are unscrupulous people who take advantage of that love for their own selfish interests, particularly, progressives and the federal Department of Education who are supported by teacher union lobbyists.
We put more and more money into public schools with no results, we need another answer. Progressives don't want to improve public schools, they just want everyone equally bad.
Any opposition to unions are politically stamped out and are duped by lies. A healthy body with a dull mind is as empty as life itself.
Bar none, statistics from federal Department of Education show that private schools can be operated at half the costs, with higher grade point averages than public schools.
Progressives without any explanation are allegedly refusing to allow tax credits or vouchers to help lower income people with costs of tuition. Unfortunately, this targets the black and Latino communities in our nation, in my opinion this could be considered a hate crime.
Congress must have been snoring in their beds 35 years ago when President Jimmy Carter agreed to collective bargaining in our public schools.
Teachers failed to understand that with a few distinct exceptions that wages or pay is based on supply and demand. A system of economies shows why football players and movie stars get premium pay, and on the other end of the spectrum, restroom attendants and school crossing guards get minimum pay.
Teaching is an honorable profession and if someone is in it for only the money, I suggest they become a prison guard or drive a taxi cab for a living.
Teacher unions are the biggest contributors to the Democratic party and have the freedom to stonewall police investigations, full pay suspensions, use seniority (tenure) to retain incompetent staff, while suppressing the younger more productive staff and striking while school is in session for additional leverage until demands are met.
Ignorance is slavery. I am not referring to George Orwell's book "1984." I am talking about a good education with the opportunity to go to college or trade schools and get a better paying job and not have to rely on free cell phones and government handouts.
Private schools are superior to the public schools and without the violence. The Democratic party is afraid of losing their major power base, the poor and disadvantaged through the glass ceiling of opportunity.