When Did School Teachers Become The Enemy?
If families who make $250,000 a year are not considered to be rich, then how the hell can a teacher who makes less than $60,000 a year to educate our nation’s children be overpaid? You would think, the way some of the state legislators in Michigan are acting these days, that public school teacher unions have replaced Al Qaeda on the nation’s most wanted list.
As part of a significant education reform package sponsored by Senator Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair), schools could privatize their instructional services, giving district a way to avoid the perceived high-dollar packages pushed by the teacher unions.
"I look at it as offering options," Pavlov said. "If there is something out there that can offer school officials the same options at a lower cost, schools need to take a look at that. It needs to part of the conversation on reform."
Pavlov said he's still ironing out the details on the language of a bill, but it is slated to be part of a package that also includes lifting the cap on state university-
