tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post1910026759839631858..comments2023-10-09T03:51:11.915-07:00Comments on Hot Blava: Spiteful: Utahns for Public Schools AdUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-2249160414604401742007-10-29T01:41:00.000-07:002007-10-29T01:41:00.000-07:00Here's what you get in the Parents for Wal*Mart ne...Here's what you get in the Parents for Wal*Mart newsletter: <BR/><BR/>Union taking teachers out of classrooms <BR/>The union convention in Utah is traditionally held in early October, and it was scheduled to be so this year, too. In fact, school districts, which build their calendars around the union's schedule, had already scheduled school breaks for October 11 and 12. <BR/><BR/>Then the union switched their conference to this Monday and Tuesday so it would be close to the election, and so they could present their version of the facts to Utah teachers without giving them the chance to hear from parents and others who support the positive change that vouchers will bring.<BR/><BR/>But the change came too late for many school districts to change their calendars. The union is asking teachers to leave children in class, in the care of "uncredentialed" substitute teachers, so union bosses can keep spreading their "false" (according to KSL) claims about the voucher law. For all their claims of being "for the children" the union demonstrates over and over that they are simply protecting their own interests and sacrificing the interests and now the education of children.<BR/><BR/>KSL also rejected vouchersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-87018919193345542012007-10-29T00:31:00.000-07:002007-10-29T00:31:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comments Richard and Jason. In res...Thanks for your comments Richard and Jason. In response to Richard's comment, I wrote an additional post. Jason's comment seems to be arguing against a straw man. You write that education "is something every child deserves." We're in agreement on this point, so I'm not sure what the basis of your argument is. <BR/><BR/>As for why I didn't include the full text of the ad, the answer is simple: I'm lazy. :) The text will be familiar to anyone that has been following the voucher debate. They noted that half of all counties don't have private schools and that a family with four children getting the average voucher of $2000 would still have a lot of money to dish out for the average private school. If anyone has the mailer handy, I'd welcome alternate summaries.Bradley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030210881782328907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-91679254021144487632007-10-28T22:45:00.000-07:002007-10-28T22:45:00.000-07:00Even if that was what Utahns for Public Schools me...Even if that was what Utahns for Public Schools meant in the ad (why not put the actual text, instead of your summation?), I would, even then, fully agree.<BR/><BR/>We're talking the education of Americans. Future business-people, citizens, and voters. No one should "rejoice in the opportunity of others" when it comes to education, it is something every child deserves.<BR/><BR/>I find it one of the most foolish perversions of a healthy, capitalist economy when the "free-market" ideology is applied to such integral pieces of our future as the education of our own children. Those so fond of such rhetoric would not be so committed if their own children's health, education, and prospective future depended entirely on the same elements that effect stock markets, dollar values, and global trade.<BR/><BR/>I hope the next generation is more realistic than we seem to be.Jason Thehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518866228386927143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-66128295902017368352007-10-28T09:16:00.000-07:002007-10-28T09:16:00.000-07:00Utahns for Public Schools is probably too polite t...Utahns for Public Schools is probably too polite to tell it like it is. The private school voucher program is being falsely touted as help for low-income families, when it's really an entitlement program for the middle class and the wealthy.rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.com