The After Affects of Walker's Cuts to Public Schools: The Future Looks Dim for Public Schools
Class sizes will not be affected? That’s what the radical right wing think tank the MacIver Institute is saying. Walker’s dramatic school funding cuts won’t have any impacted at all. In fact, schools will be better off. Smaller class sizes…
An analysis of new labor agreements in Wisconsin’s school districts indicates requiring teachers to make modest contributions to health and pension benefits can cut the cost of education by $500 per student in Wisconsin, saving school districts hundreds of millions of dollars without affecting class size or course offerings.
Tell that to the individuals at our public schools who have to deal reality, not idealized conservative tripe, to make ends meet now and in the future. Yes, the future.
MacIver is basing much of their right wing joy on the Walker cuts to schools and collective bargaining. But as