Friday, June 7, 2013
Struggling Districts in Michigan
There is an article in Education Week, "Michigan Says 55 School Districts Have Deficits", that talks about how Michigan has a record number of districts that are functioning with large deficits. Many of us in Michigan heard about the Buena Vista school district that had to actually close its doors for almost two weeks because they were not able to pay their teachers. This is beyond alarming for someone in the teaching profession! Teachers already get such little pay for the work that they do and now districts cannot afford to pay them anything. There is not enough money to properly run a school and provide the resources that both the students and teacher need. As we all know, teachers are always purchasing supplies out of their own pocket because schools cannot afford to help. When will our country ever see what a disservice we are doing to our students by not placing a higher responsibility of funding our schools. So much money is wasted in our government that could be easily used to help educate our youth!
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Great blog Katie. I once saw a bumper sticker that said something like "it’s too bad that the people who really know how to run the country are busy teaching" and your blog reminds me of that. The fact is that too many people do not value what we do and until that climate is changed, funding for schools will likely not change. I just saw that Albion high school is closing and will not reopen next year. This will begin to happen to even more schools.
ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly with this post! Along with Dave, I've seen a bumper sticker that said "It's funny that the people making laws about teaching, were never teachers." I wonder what our country would be like if the main focus was education.
ReplyDeleteSo true and so frustrating! I wish some of these people making the laws would spend a day as a teacher! I think they would see things very differently!
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