“Every student in America will be better off under this legislation than the generation of students wronged by ‘No Child Left Untested’ “: Utah teacher & NEA President Eskelsen Garcia.
Voter ID laws disproportionately affect the elderly, young adults, students, minorities and low-income voters – groups that are less likely to have the money or means to obtain documentation.
The teacher licensure proposal is “breathtaking in its stupidity. What it does is it essentially ends teacher licensing in the grand scheme of things.”
“It’s time for Gov. Rauner to drop the campaign against unions and concentrate on improving our schools and balancing our state’s budget.”
School choice scarcity ranks last among voters – well behind parental involvement, overtesting, funding cuts, recruiting first-rate teachers, and poverty’s effect on student learning.