A minor correction and an addition to Mr. Stack's post: While it is generally true that fewer private school teachers are unionized than public schools there are several private school that are, including Hill Murray, the Minneapolis Jewish Day School, Torah Academy, Breck, and others. The problem with vouchers go beyond the concerns raised by Stack to one simple fact: they don't work to help students. They continue to be bandied about because they are ideologically appealing to conservatives, not because they are effective. Jim Davnie Teacher, union leader DFL candidate for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A Dave Stack wrote: > > From: Audrey Johnson, MPS Board Member > >> .... The basis of the recommendations centered around loosely veiled > vouchers, privitization of education and union busting. > ...................... >> > > Since a Minneapolis School Board member posted this, I can > assume that one reply is permitted. This may not specifically a > Minneapolis-only issue, but Mpls may very well be impacted more than > anywhere else in the state if instituted. The voucher issue is tough for me > because I think that it could actually help some troubled kids if done > properly, but negatives, especially if done poorly, are daunting. > > Probably the stickiest aspect of vouchers is that they threaten good paying > union jobs. As far as I know, private schools do not have union teachers, > and all public schools do. The loss of well paid union jobs is not good, and > not to be taken lightly. > >
