Unless Congress acts, dramatic cuts to education and other critical programs will go into effect on January 2, 2013. Last year’s Budget Control Act requires Congress to find $1.2 trillion in savings toward deficit reduction. If Congress fails to meet this goal, automatic “sequestration” cuts will go into effect in January. Under these across-the-board cuts, education funding will fall off a cliff, dropping to levels not seen since before 2003. America’s elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools have added 5.4 million students since 2003, and costs associated with K-12 services have increased 25 percent since 2003.
The sequester cut would dramatically impact 9.35 million students by eliminating services, cutting financial aid, and increasing class sizes. As many as 80,500 jobs could be lost in early education, K-12 and postsecondary education. Since July 2008, the country has lost 312,700 public education jobs. This means there are roughly as many public school jobs today as in December 2004. Yet, there will be 847,000 more pre k-12 public school students this coming school year than in the fall of 2004.
NEA is calling on Congress to find a balanced approach to deficit reduction –including closing corporate tax loopholes and ensuring the top two percent of all earners -- those most able to do so -- pay their fair share. Education programs cannot continue to be the source for deficit reduction while millionaires and corporations benefit from tax cuts and loopholes!
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Friday, July 13, 2012
NINE MILLION STUDENTS HARMED; 80,000 JOBS LOST – THE DANGER OF LOOMING “SEQUESTRATION CUTS”
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Please, teachers and other educators, we need to implore our elected officials to vote against any more budget cuts when it comes to education. We can't even buy large amounts of 1 cent back-to-school deals at Staples anymore...we've been cut off! I don't know what the students in New Bedford are going to have for school supplies this year. Most of the time, the teachers purchase most of the items they need...
I believe that public assistance gives extra money for school supplies,etc. during August. Teachers and the city should not have to buy basic supplies.
The union should strongly encourage teachers to refrain from buying basic supplies with their own paychecks. (especially at the elementary level)... Where does the $$ go? Over the years, I've noticed that when I do get my supplies, they are often just plucked from a supply closet and NOT newly purchased. (yellow paper, rusty scissors, etc...) Again, if we were applauded for the investments we make in our students, it would do much to improve morale and THAT would positively impact the learners in our room.
it's obvious. Save and scan receipts for supplies and post a summary online. If 100 or even 20 teachers do that, we can extrapolate and show specifically how much is spent by teachers. Otherwise , it's just more whining. So much whining.
To the blogger who stated that telling our truth about what we do is whining, I say it's simply stating a basic fact of being a teacher. That having been said, it would be a good idea if every teacher were to pool together copies of their receipts for classroom supplies. It would be a visual reminder to the people at the top of just how dedicated teachers are to their students' needs, and their willingness to share their so-called "high wages" (that's what most people think) with the children they are charged with educating.
Yes, teachers should be encouraged NOT to buy supplies for their students, as it should be the role of the school department to provide these basic needs for NBPS children. But the fact of the matter is that teachers will keep on doing it because they CARE, and they are NURTURERS, and they want to see their students SUCCEED, regardless of anyone or anything else. Unfortunately, this has been happening for some years all over the country, and the big-wigs at the top have been taking advantage of that fact for just as long. Perhaps Staples and other companies taking away our advantage to purchase large numbers of supplies is a blessing in disguise; perhaps now the school systems will see just how much teachers give back to their students and their districts, when there are fewer and fewer supplies in the upcoming years. Something's gotta give...
Wait.... Obama is going to save us right??? No wait....Barney is going to save us...
No, cutting taxes for billionaires will fix everything.m
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