(via CLT Observer)
Pictures like this don't prove to me one bit that Gov. Perdue is serious about public education in this state.
I mean, I'll give her kudos that she's re-jigging the top spots when it comes to overseeing public education. But it seems as though that's where my support ends.
How can she possibly be serious in one aspect, with all kinds of grandiose plans, and then have school systems laying off teachers, such as the Charlotte-area teachers pictured above, protesting over proposed teacher layoffs?
How can this Governor be serious about public education, when Wake County Schools, in the Capitol's own backyard, may not re-sign over 1,000 instructor contracts for next year?
How can this Governor be serious about public education when textbooks are being delayed, magnet programs are being cut....I can go on and on.
And we can debate the success rate/failure rate of GCS programs that are on the chopping block here for days (we have, in the past...and we've said here that some programs work, many do not)...we can debate the merits of keeping overpaid administrators on the payroll, while sacrificing teachers (remember, Mark Jewell reiterated this week that many of those teachers hold part-time jobs on the side to help make ends meet).
There's no merit debate in laying off a teacher. None.
But it means nothing if we have a Governor talking out of both sides of her mouth. And as usual, our children suffer at the hands of Raleigh bureaucrats.
E.C. :)
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