Comments on: School District Consolidation: What Happens When You Assume http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/12/02/school-district-consolidation-what-happens-when-you-assume/ A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Antonucci http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/12/02/school-district-consolidation-what-happens-when-you-assume/comment-page-1/#comment-3000 Mike Antonucci Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:12 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2331#comment-3000 Check it again, Ryan. It's working for me. Check it again, Ryan. It’s working for me.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/12/02/school-district-consolidation-what-happens-when-you-assume/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Ryan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:54:16 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2331#comment-2996 The link to the report is broken. The link to the report is broken.

]]> By: Chanelle http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/12/02/school-district-consolidation-what-happens-when-you-assume/comment-page-1/#comment-2987 Chanelle Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:22:41 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2331#comment-2987 The politics of school systems destroys education. I know many people who prefer being autodidacts simply because they do not have to deal with the politics of education. The politics of school systems destroys education. I know many people who prefer being autodidacts simply because they do not have to deal with the politics of education.

]]> By: Norm http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/12/02/school-district-consolidation-what-happens-when-you-assume/comment-page-1/#comment-2985 Norm Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:01:12 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2331#comment-2985 In the 1970's Delaware went through "consolidation" when a judge decided it was unconstitutional for the center city (Wilmington ) kids to be separate from the much whiter suburban kids. What didn't come out until the fall when all were grouped into one system was that the center city teachers were paid about 20-25% more than suburban teachers (the city schools had more money per child). Immediately the combined teachers union struck for the higher level of salary for all. Financial disaster. Disaster solved essentially by many private schools starting up and relieving the public schools of the need to educate so many kids. The point is Delaware has experience with combining union and the new union settling only for the highest wages. In the 1970′s Delaware went through “consolidation” when a judge decided it was unconstitutional for the center city (Wilmington ) kids to be separate from the much whiter suburban kids. What didn’t come out until the fall when all were grouped into one system was that the center city teachers were paid about 20-25% more than suburban teachers (the city schools had more money per child). Immediately the combined teachers union struck for the higher level of salary for all. Financial disaster. Disaster solved essentially by many private schools starting up and relieving the public schools of the need to educate so many kids.

The point is Delaware has experience with combining union and the new union settling only for the highest wages.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/12/02/school-district-consolidation-what-happens-when-you-assume/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 Ryan Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:04:43 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2331#comment-2984 Wouldn't big school districts lose more kids to charter schools because big school districts are far more likely to be the urban areas where charter schools tend to be? Wouldn’t big school districts lose more kids to charter schools because big school districts are far more likely to be the urban areas where charter schools tend to be?

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