Teachers strike

[DavidMcmillan]

I know many teachers that care more about their students then most of you can imagine. They spend their own resources for supplies in their classrooms, continuing education, and many teach summer school, and special programs. I also know some very poor teachers that should find a new occupation. (Much like every other profession). Teachers deserve better pay, and greater respect. The system is flawed in many ways. Our inept state legislature spends most of the time every session, introducing bills like permanent day-light savings time, instead of actually solving the state funding problems. They have cheated the system time and time again with proposals the ended up being the same or less funding for education. We have too many districts, but who wants to step up and say that their district should be combined with another?

There is no one single solution to this problem, but it starts with eliminating every currently serving state senator and representative. Put a lot of study and thought into who you vote for in the upcoming elections.

 

[SMS]

This is a dated report, but it's hard to ignore.

At the time it was written (2014) we were 6th in the nation in terms of $$ spent on district spending. 16th in the nation in terms of $$ spent on overall administration and 40th in the nation in $$ spent on teacher salaries.

Yes, paring down administrative and district costs doesn't fix everything...but before you throw more money at the problem you need to address it.

http://oklahomawatch.org/2014/06/28/is-oklahoma-spending-too-much-on-school-administration/

 

[Pokinfun]

I’m a teacher. My job is to educate our young people. Even if the whole state strikes, I will still come and do my job.

Don’t get me wrong..... I’ll take the raise.... but The job is to educate and build young minds.

Not gonna participate in a walk out.

you are not helping children

 

[deerwhacker444]

If I had the power, every teacher that walked out would be fired.

Immediately and irrevocably.

Brilliant.! Then who are you going to get to fill all those positions with the lowest teachers pay in the Union?

 

[Dumpstick]

Brilliant.! Then who are you going to get to fill all those positions with the lowest teachers pay in the Union?

Funny how nobody ever compares the cost of living here with other states, when comparing teachers pay.

 

[Pokinfun]

Funny how nobody ever compares the cost of living here with other states, when comparing teachers pay.

A salary of $36,000 in Wichita, Kansas should increase to $37,106 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

A salary of ​

$50,000​

in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma should increase to ​

$50,917​

in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A salary of $16,000 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma could decrease to $15,633 in Pueblo, Colorado​

 

[deerwhacker444]

Funny how nobody ever compares the cost of living here with other states, when comparing teachers pay.

Your right, teachers are just FLOCKING to Oklahoma for the cheap cost of living...

 

[Honey Badger]

you are not helping children

you are not helping children

Oh you’re absolutely right! By continuing to go and teach, care about about their educations, and trying to show them that they are more important than a few days off for a strike, I am totally neglecting them and their futures.

Shame on me.

Give me a break please. Good Gawd!

 

[Pokinfun]

http://newsok.com/article/5579055

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Oklahoma still trailing regional states in per-pupil spending for schools
By Samuel Hardiman Tulsa World Published: January 10, 2018 3:55 PM CDT Updated: January 10, 2018 3:57 PM CDT
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Federal data once again show Oklahoma trailing its regional peers in per-pupil education spending.

For Oklahoma to have matched Kansas in per-pupil common education spending during the 2015 fiscal year, it would’ve had to spend $1.6 billion more.

Kansas represents the high end of Oklahoma’s neighbors in per-pupil spending, spending $10,329 a year, while Oklahoma spends $8,075 per student. That’s according to the latest study from the National Center for Education Statistics, which was released this week. The per-pupil figure includes local and federal tax dollars.

 

[Pokinfun]

Oh you’re absolutely right! By continuing to go and teach, care about about their educations, and trying to show them that they are more important than a few days off for a strike, I am totally neglecting them and their futures.

Shame on me.

Give me a break please. Good Gawd!

The number of unqualified teachers we have in the

Oklahoma​

classrooms puts all students in our state at risk. Teachers who truly care about our students, in our state, understand that demanding action to correct the teacher shortage problem is the only solution at this point. By not doing anything, you are saying you do not care about students at all. Well, I guess if you teach students who are never going to contribute to society anyway, what does any of this matter?