Want cheaper teachers? You won’t get what you won’t pay for.
At a recent Park Ridge board of education meeting a speaker got up and asked Board President John Heyde why they couldn’t get cheaper teachers. “You look for the cheapest paper,” she argued.
You can watch the video of the board meeting here. She starts at 3:09.
Her argument hinges on the assumption that by spending money on veteran teachers, the board is serving the interest of adults, not students.
Wisconsin shows the fallacy of her argument.
Wisconsin’s governor Scott Walker went after teacher unions, collective bargaining and teacher salaries.
The result? Teachers are leaving the profession in droves. And now there are no cheaper teachers to replace
