tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post4022816202363514273..comments2024-03-12T12:23:10.033-04:00Comments on Secular Perspectives: The Itch for MitchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-56156324692714417522011-05-10T22:22:27.997-04:002011-05-10T22:22:27.997-04:00@Bill "conservative" states tend to hav...@Bill "conservative" states tend to have extremely low tax rates and very low salaries for teachers. The end result is poor quality education and the dimished critical thinking that comes from poor education. It makes it easier to maintain the counterfactual myths designed to convinced the relatively poor that their interests are served by voting for policies that serve the rich.Don Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874733311091724239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-80980676697865052302011-05-10T18:14:27.569-04:002011-05-10T18:14:27.569-04:00It might be interesting to do a study of salaries ...It might be interesting to do a study of salaries at community colleges. There are community colleges that vary a lot in terms of union representation and salaries, so it could give a indication of how the free market treats teachers. I've heard that adjunct professors are not able to make a living by teaching. I can imagine that the same type of "race to the bottom" could happen in public schools if there are vouchers, no unions, and free market principles. It could be yet another way for the rich to get richer, and the poor to get uneducated and have no chance at competing for good jobs.Bill Creasyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180160207555299260noreply@blogger.com