The Cost of Education in 2020
Los Angeles teacher’s union demands are manipulative and have little to do with educating our children.
The Los Angeles Teacher’s Union (UTLA), one of the largest teacher’s unions in the country, has declared they will not return to the classroom until a “set of safety precautions and funding conditions are met.”
On Monday, July 13, L.A. schools superintendent Austin Beutner said, “This is a painful decision, but we have to keep health and safety first.” Two days later, on Wednesday, the school board voted to cut $25 million out of their budget for school police. No Police = Safety?? No one said where the $25 million would be re-allocated.
No Police = Safety??
UTLA has set forth a list of demands that must be met on the state and national level before they will return to the classroom.
- Defund the police — across the nation
- Increase taxes on the wealthy
- Implement Medicare-for-all
- Fund housing for California’s homeless population
- Create new programs to address racism — nothing specific was identified
- Place a moratorium on charter schools — because they aren’t doing a good job of educating our children? No.
- Abolish private…
