The ZanesvilleTimesRecorder has an article that breaks down SB 5, the Ohio Republican legislation that ends collective bargaining in the state. There were a few things I learned from the article.
ZanesvilleTimesRecorder:
...As of last June 30, 358,275 workers throughout Ohio state and local government were covered by 3,290 collective-bargaining contracts...
....The flip side, some teachers said, is schools might cut costs more often by dumping their highest paid teachers, who often are the most experienced, leaving more classrooms led by inexperienced teachers. They point to charter schools in Ohio, which are not unionized. Charter schools’ average teacher salaries, at $33,888 last year, were about 40 percent lower than traditional public school teachers in Ohio. Most charter schools performed the same or worse than their nearby public schools....
Really? Charter schools perform the same or worse than public schools????? That statement is just plain baloney. Some of the charter schools don't even pay their teachers the equivalent of $20,000/yr and the teachers are working in the most horrible conditions, in buildings that are filthy, poorly furnished, and unsafe for students and teachers.
Personally, I'm tired of all the people who are criticizing teachers. Most of those people who put down teachers wouldn't last a day in some of the schools I worked in over the years. Those who are the loudest in attacking teachers are those people who don't have a clue about how valuable teachers are to society.
