Reply #18: What will we do with all the children in the schools...

[YvonneCa]

...with no teachers? Just let them run themselves? Your argument that the public sector cuts are justified when there are private sector cuts (and therefore less tax money) is correct. But it's not news. You seem to think people don't understand that link. But we do.

The question is...IF there are not enpugh teachers, what then? Close schools? Keep all the kids home? Abandon public education? What?

As to the school district in the article, I understand that money is scarce. It's scarce in every state...but especially in California. No matter what happens in this particulare district, I posted the essay because that teacher provides great insight into what teachers deal with...and why working conditions are already challenging...and become more so when layoffs are threatened. If it were up to me, I'd say teachers should just walk...but then I remember Reagan and the air traffic controllers. :7