This is legislation in disguise. If it went up in a bill, it would be debated and be subject to being amended. |
This kind of commitment is what was needed from the start. It's great that they've finally realized that they have a responsibility in the class-size amendment to fund construction. |
Until we get the base pay for all teachers up, we are going to have these recruiting and retention problems. It's like putting a fancy porch on your house when your floor is sagging. |
We got some support from moderate Republicans, and we worked hard to talk to people about why class size is important. I think lawmakers probably thought that (class size) had more support than it did in 2002. |
We have some real problems with it, how it came about and how it reports to measure outstanding teachers. The state decided to make the rule effective immediately and didn't bother to ask [teachers] for input. |
We kind of wished he had done a little more in a great financial year to help teachers' salaries and low-performing schools. |
We thought that it was interesting that the governor enumerated dozens of programs that he was here marketing money for and nowhere in there was there anything for salaries. |
We're competing in a market where teachers can get better salaries by going elsewhere. |
With all teachers suffering because of low pay in a state with high growth in the cost of living, particularly in housing, (Winn's plan) is like putting a big screen TV in your living room and not fixing the hole in your roof. |