Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk

Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by charwalker on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:40PM (#23875267)

So 2 directions? The cheaper, easier, and far more deadly in person option or invest $$$ with a need for short term results. It's never that simple, but if the issue is spending the money then I don't see why it isn't a straight forward option given how much we've spent to buy bad debt and bail out administration cronies.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by rmrfrmrf on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:14PM (#23875643)

The consensus on both ends of the political spectrum over the past 30 years is that public education is a failure and must be abolished through either defunding or diverting funding to charter schools. Providing more funding to public schools would undermine that goal.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by Avicebron on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:26PM (#23875840)

I don't see it as a consensus when there has been a systematic defunding and destruction of many many education systems, especially in rural america and the inner cities. It's like saying, why did you fall in the hole I dug in front of you?

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by tremon on Friday July 17, 2020 @06:36PM (#23876793)

I think the GP is arguing from results, not policy. If the past 30 years have consistently resulted in the same policies of defunding and deconstruction, there's apparently a tacit agreement among all parties that that's the way to go.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by int_19h on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:18PM (#23875686)

I doubt it's truly a consensus on the right half of the spectrum. It most certainly isn't on the left.

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