Reply #55: Excellent points.

[Hardrada]

Here in Iowa the state legislature repugs always SAY they want to pay teachers more and they never do but this is a fraudulent promise to because they are always trying to tie teacher pay to "merit" or "performance" and are always trying to adapt an unsuitable INDUSTRIAL mass production model to education. And, of course, behind this intolerable charage is the fact that most of US state leg repugs really want to throttle public education entirely and help the private school biz meaning that even fewer educated Americans. My wife is a teacher and we have been well acquainted with the BS politicians come up with re: education. I think the RW think takes specially employ clever soulless people to come up with the most damaging schemes possible to impose on public education.