Comments on: Teacher Unions vs. Kids: The Lottery http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/teacher-unions-vs-kids-the-lottery/ LFM: The Voice of Freedom in Movies & Pop Culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: laurensmythe http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/teacher-unions-vs-kids-the-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-539 laurensmythe Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:55:05 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=3709#comment-539 This is an incredible-looking documentary. These kids should get way better than this. What a scandal that the teacher's unions would behave this way after all the complaining they do about their salaries, and yet they are getting raises all the time while their students are failing. I would like to see this but can't make it to the screenings. Is there any way it will be on Netflix or Amazon VOD soon? This is an incredible-looking documentary. These kids should get way better than this. What a scandal that the teacher’s unions would behave this way after all the complaining they do about their salaries, and yet they are getting raises all the time while their students are failing.

I would like to see this but can’t make it to the screenings. Is there any way it will be on Netflix or Amazon VOD soon?

]]> By: Prehistoric Woman http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/teacher-unions-vs-kids-the-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Prehistoric Woman Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:48:33 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=3709#comment-481 It's heartbreaking that children today have to enter a lottery to get into a decent school. They deserve so much better than that. How dare the corrupt teacher's unions try to bully and intimidate those who wish to start better schools that will actually serve their community's children and allow them to have successful futures? This trailer was very revealing - just look at the angry looks on the faces of the teachers unions as they try to prevent students from enrolling in this charter school. And look at the anxious and hopeful faces of the parents and their children as they wait to see if they will win a spot in the charter school through the lottery. What's sad is, most of these Black and Latino families will just continue to vote for the Democrats who support the teacher's unions and preside over this completely failing education system. Yes, I know, the woman who started this new charter school is a Democrat, but she seems to be very much the exception, not the norm. A lot more Democrats (and Republicans) need to step up to the plate and play hard ball with these teacher's unions and tell them they can't just keep neglecting their students while they line their own pockets and stop anyone else from creating better schools. Just throwing more money at public schools won't solve the problem until these teacher's unions are reformed. It’s heartbreaking that children today have to enter a lottery to get into a decent school. They deserve so much better than that. How dare the corrupt teacher’s unions try to bully and intimidate those who wish to start better schools that will actually serve their community’s children and allow them to have successful futures?

This trailer was very revealing – just look at the angry looks on the faces of the teachers unions as they try to prevent students from enrolling in this charter school. And look at the anxious and hopeful faces of the parents and their children as they wait to see if they will win a spot in the charter school through the lottery. What’s sad is, most of these Black and Latino families will just continue to vote for the Democrats who support the teacher’s unions and preside over this completely failing education system. Yes, I know, the woman who started this new charter school is a Democrat, but she seems to be very much the exception, not the norm. A lot more Democrats (and Republicans) need to step up to the plate and play hard ball with these teacher’s unions and tell them they can’t just keep neglecting their students while they line their own pockets and stop anyone else from creating better schools. Just throwing more money at public schools won’t solve the problem until these teacher’s unions are reformed.

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