So we are eliminating wasteful positions, and diverting funds from wasteful spending sounds smart. "Technology" spending is the biggest waste of the current educational environment. Students don't need chrome books to learn the basic subjects or nonfunctional smart boards and TV's. Those are the kind of things that look good when showing schools to prospective parents but don't have any tangible benefits. If we want to make investments in technology then setup elementary, middle, and high schools with legit computer science programs and fund it that way. Otherwise give them a book, notepad, and a chalkboard.
catamount is probably 100% behind the NCGA's recent cursive writing mandate. kids today need to quit that new-fangled computin' and get back to purty writin'.
You literally just ignored the next sentence after the bold, which addressed exactly that point.Well let's stop school choice policies that encourage such recruiting and accountability regimes that depend on if a school can enroll the best students.
By the way, many of those technology needs are for career and technical education programs that will allow high school kids to compete for 21st century jobs.
I've seen a lot of bad takes on these here rjkarl boards, not the least from the namesake himself, but catamount is really gunning for the crown here.
All of the above. One of the reasons the schools need more computers is that the legislature refuses to appropriate money to buy textbooks and supplies, or pay for teacher assistants. So the teachers are forced to use free online educational tools to take the place of the textbooks, and use computer-based activities in place of a teacher assistant to keep part of the class occupied while they deal with kids who need extra help or perform all the state-required assessments.
All of the above. One of the reasons the schools need more computers is that the legislature refuses to appropriate money to buy textbooks and supplies, or pay for teacher assistants. So the teachers are forced to use free online educational tools to take the place of the textbooks, and use computer-based activities in place of a teacher assistant to keep part of the class occupied while they deal with kids who need extra help or perform all the state-required assessments.
Two Republican state representatives who voted against a tax hike to fund teacher raises this year lost their primaries. They were among six GOP state lawmakers who lost to primary challengers on Tuesday, the Tulsa World reported. Several other Republican incumbents were forced into runoff elections.
“Our voices were heard tonight,” said Oklahoma City assistant principal Sherrie Conley, according to the Associated Press. Conley will compete in a runoff election against Republican state Rep. Bobby Cleveland, who voted against the tax increase for teacher raises.
Another Republican, state Rep. Kevin McDugle, narrowly won his primary by just three votes against a candidate who withdrew from the race weeks ago. In November, McDugle will face Democrat Cyndi Ralston, a teacher who declared her candidacy after McDugle criticized educators who flooded the state capitol during the walkout. “I’m not voting for another stinking measure when they’re acting the way they’re acting,” he said in a Facebook Live video, which has since been deleted. “Go right ahead, be pissed at me if you want to.” McDugle later apologized.