Parasitic “Reformers” Upset as Obey Tries to Save “Edujobs”
What is an edujob? An edujob is a fancy way that some supposed reformers like to refer to teachers. It sounds like these are jobs that add nothing to a school and simply are adults getting in the way of a child’s education—what’s sad is that is exactly how many of these so-called reformers feel about teachers. With a new Twilight movie opening last night to the delight of junior high school girls across the country, it’s ironic that the educational vampires are out in force today, looking to suck the life blood out of public education in the name of profit.So why the Orwellian language? The answer is simple. Who with one degree of common sense would push for building more charter schools or Race to the Trough funding for innovation, while at the same time cutting hundreds of thousands of teachers from the schools of this country and jamming more and more students into a classroom?
Congressman David Obey (D-WI) seeing the crisis that some have referred to as a teacherpocalypse has tried to cobble together the funds to save teacher jobs. His bill would would cut $500 million from the Race to the Top, $200 million from the teacher incentive fund (TIF), and $100 million from the charter school program. It would also secure $10 billion to save 140,000 teacher jobs in this coming school year.
Congressman Obey explained his action this way, “When a ship is sinking, you don’t worry about redesigning