Your Teacher Is F’d

[L. Coyote]

Your Teacher Is F’d
The Oregon Education Association gave Kitzhaber more than a million bucks, and now he’s giving it pay cuts and pink slips.
http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17246-your_teacher_is_f%E2%80%99d.html


Someday soon, Gov. John Kitzhaber will sit across a conference table from Richard Sanders, the little-known man behind the biggest bankroll in Oregon politics.

Together, the two will shape Oregon’s fiscal future for years to come.

Sanders, 62, an erudite, high-energy union leader, is new to Oregon. Bearded and bookish, he arrived from Massachusetts two months ago to run the Oregon Education Association, the statewide teachers union.

He takes OEA’s helm at a time when..............

[Snoutport]

1. I can hardly pay my student loans on what I make now!

oh man...the legislature is voting on a 25 % cut on my district next year followed to 50% the year after. More cuts on top of that will kill me!