Re: need for speed

[Chris Brady <cdbrady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A brief glance at the following two articles shows another aspect of the
More Work/Less Pay dynamic in the public sector.  As with Structural
Adjustment Policies implemented in debtor countries, there exists in the
USA a concerted move to privatize public schools.  Any sane person must
wonder how schools can improve with less funding, especially for
teachers, and esoecially when it is generally acknowledged that there is
a shortage of teachers that does not seem to be abating.  Of course,
state education is problematic in the capitalist context, but the
struggle goes on there as well and it would behoove us to attend to this
issue.  Half the states in the US are cutting education budgets while
studies keep revealing that the rich are richer, etc.  In the context of
this struggle the point should be that the people want public education,
the money is there, who has it? --> thus: TAX THE RICH ( a heuristic
slogan--this said for the impatient ones among us who demand an
immediate Bolshevik uprising in the Untied States, ,,,).

Teachers rally to protest pay freeze
The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina. Tuesday, June 18, 2002
1:05PM EDT
RALEIGH -- Teacher leaders from across North Carolina rallied Tuesday at
the General Assembly to protest a pay freeze that is part of the
Senate's budget proposal.
Full story:
http://www.newsobserver.com/front/v-print/story/1470532p-1501628c.html

A step toward school choice, ready or not
Bush officials want to help parents pull laggard kids out of 'failing'
schools this fall.
The Christian Science Monitor, from the June 19, 2002 edition
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, eager to make its mark on the
high-profile issue of education, is moving
faster on key reforms than many schools feel they can cope with.
           Most significantly, by this fall schools will have to help
many students exit so-called "failing" schools for other public
schools of their choice.
           The move, part of the sweeping education act President Bush
signed in January, doesn't represent full-blown school
choice ? no vouchers or private schools involved. {"yet!" --we might
add...}
Full story:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0619/p02s02-usgn.html


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