Reply #1: Well, first, charter schools have real teachers, ours have union member teachers exclusively... [View All]

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...they are public charter schools.

So I don't think they change the numbers of teachers or otherwise enter the equation. Of private charter schools I am less confident.

Homeschooling: some of it sucks, some of it has better outcomes than average public schools, and some of it is supported by schools, school districts, and offices of education. Not sure of the impact.

Khan Academy and Safari Montage and others are fantastic assets to educators, we are using them to free up class time for more integrated project based activities and applications.

Khan and Safari are improvements over direct instruction: students can pause and replay as they might need to, they can learn at the pace that's comfortable for them, but still get to talk to teachers.

Information is growing exponentially.

We will always have and always need schools and teachers.

The GOP just sucks, it always has, and lately they're really picking on teachers and unions.

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