Bad ideas Part III.
Posted by: Donna
Tonight’s installment of craptastic examples of Arizona conservatives trying to ”think” concerns education. It’s been obvious for some time that the rabid extreme fringe of the AZ GOP is deeply, deeply concerned with dismantling public education the state of public education. So it’s not surprising that a good number of the 57 ideas that come under the heading of education have a decidedly more ideological wishful thinking rather than fiscal cast to them. Case in point is the very second item on the list. As astute commenter Marie pointed out yesterday, piddly little considerations like the state constitution or law are no impediment to their quixotic agenda. She was referring to the way they blithely ignored the warnings of House Rules attorney and pushed ahead with vouchers anyway, which were overturned in court the other day. Keep that in mind when you read this:
If we win ELL case, how much do we save by de-funding?
How much would we save if you stopped paying Ken Starr a buttload of money to defend your sorry asses and just followed the judge’s order in the first place? See what I mean? It’s not really about money. Numerous studies have concluded that all day kindergarten is a boon for education outcomes but here’s what local GOP legislators (who think any kindergarten is an excuse for uppity women to escape the confines of the house) have to say about it:
Scrap All Day K
Give Schools the option of “suspending” all-day-K during recession with the ability to charge for other half
Early Kindergarten Program – only pay for K once
They have it out for teachers even worse than for kindergartners (and their uppity mothers).
Uncover K-12 teachers temporarily so districts can hire/fire who they want
Suspend tenure policies for professors
Require all professors to teach classes
Tenure should not apply in economic crisis
Do away with continued education requirements for 3 years
Prohibit districts from paying subs when teachers do voluntary cont. ed or for political activity. Teachers must pay for sub!
Require webinars for continued education. No subs for continued education
Most of the rest of the ideas are regurgitations of the kind of micro-managing bullcrap they’ve tried to push on the schools for years, only this time they’re using current economic conditions to pretend it’s extra urgent. Not much that would save a significant amount of money in the short term. Well, except this one:
Cut education back to 2006 levels, and backfill with Stimulus $.
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Teachers pay for subs?? WTF??