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January 23, 2019 03:13 PM UTC
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AP via Colorado Public Radio
Time to see who Polis will side with, the bosses or the workers.
Hopefully, the kids’.
a little too simple.
There is HUGE space for nuance.
I don't know what the "side" issues are, but the pay scale rightfully takes up a lot of the air in the room.
Seems like the underlying issue that's animating this strike is lack of school funding
Why is Jared being stupid?
Is he? It sounds like he wants to stake out an early claim to being not like Hickenlooper. If he thinks he can add in some statewide suggestions, why not?
Heck, if he wades into this and helps the teachers out, that would assuage a lot of my worries of him as governor, tbh.
It's not just about the money. But money is the main issue. DPS is not bargaining in good faith. You don't give experts in math instruction half-truths, include old money already in their checks, and artithmetic errors. Voters chose not to fund A73. Now its up to the district to re-allocate dollars to make things work. DPS needs to stop spending bajillions on testing and fancy silver-bullet curriculae, and concentrate on research based strategies to improve student outcomes: smaller class sizes, resources at the school level, being relevant to the community.
Teaching is one of the only professions that actually costs the worker over time. Advanced education, professional development, classroom supplies – teachers pay for these themselves to be better teachers. DPS is not proposing to make this burden any lighter.
I personally have some faith in Polis, having seen how his "private / public partnerships" actually created the New America schools that educate and graduate kids who would otherwise drop out. But that was not an instant solution. I think it's too early in this governor's term to pull a rabbit out of a hat to solve this impasse.
Thanks for those educational citations, Mama. We all need to educate ourselves on the details rather than take up partisan positions that the Governor is for or against teachers.
Polis has a lot at stake wading in given attacks on him during the primary, and I hope for everyone's sake that he can make educated and valuable contributions toward restoring the dialogue.