WHY THE UNIONS OPPOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS

                                                     ONE WORD: COMPETITION
COMPETITION MEANS CHOICE. THE LIBERAL UNIONS CAN'T SURVIVE IF PEOPLE HAVE
A CHOICE.
WE ALL KNOW THE SORRY RECORD OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA AND
THE GRADUATION RATE IS LESS THAN 80%. THOSE WHO GRADUATE ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE; TOO MANY CAN'T READ OR WRITE AT GRADE LEVEL.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME KIDS THAT FALL THROUGH THE
"CRACKS". EDUCATING KIDS IS A BIG JOB. IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN'T
HANDLE ALL OF THE KIDS, SHOULD'NT THERE BE AN ALTERNATIVE? A BACKUP?
IF A KIDS SCHOOL IS TOO VIOLENT OR THE KID IS NOT GETTING THE ATTENTION
THAT HE/SHE NEEDS, THEN WHY SHOULD'NT THAT PARENT HAVE A CHOICE?
CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE THAT CHOICE. OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE HAD A  GOOD TRACK RECORD, ESPECIALLY AMONG MINORITIES.
THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF "INCOME INEQUALITY" LATELY. IF A KID IS NOT PROFICIENT IN THE FUNDAMENTALS, HE/SHE WILL END UP IN A MINIMUM WAGE JOB OR GET
PREGNANT AND DROP OUT OR TURN TO USING OR SELLING DRUGS.
FOR THOSE KIDS THAT GRADUATE H.S., TOO MANY (50%) HAVE TO TAKE REMEDIAL
COURSES IN COLLEGE TO BRING THEM UP TO COLLEGE LEVEL. THAT MEANS THAT
THE TAXPAYER IS PAYING FOR THE SAME JOB TWICE.....
THE UNION HEADS ALWAYS SAY THAT THE CHILDREN ARE THEIR 1ST PRIORITY, IF
THAT IS TRUE, THEN WHY NOT SUPPORT SCHOOL CHOICE?
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE 1ST OFFICIAL ACT THAT OBAMA MADE AS PRESIDENT
WAS TO CUT THE FUNDING FOR THE D.C. CHARTER SCHOOLS?, WHILE HIS CHILDREN
ARE ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOL. ARE HIS KIDS BETTER THAN YOURS? I DON'T
THINK SO...
WELL IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE 1ST PRIORITY OF THE UNION IS ITS OWN SURVIVAL.
....IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO!!
IN SOME STATES YOU CAN'T TEACH UNLESS YOU JOIN THE UNION. I THOUGHT
LIBERALISM WAS ABOUT CHOICE?
N.Y. MAYOR BE BLASIO WANTS TO CHARGE THE CHARTER SCHOOLS RENT. THAT
WOULD HURT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS THAT HE "SAYS" HE CARES
ABOUT.THE MONEY SPENT FOR RENT WON'T BE SPENT ON THE CHILDRENS'
EDUCATION.
HEY UNION, DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN...........

                                                                                                 RONALD J LAMB