Reasonable people know teachers work hard at a tough job and aren\u0027t societal villains with some irrational plan to ruin our kids.
Sure, unions tend to ask for more than is reasonable at contract time. But does anyone seriously believe classroom problems are caused by excessive teacher wages? A new teacher with a degree makes the princely sum of $60,000 a year.
One wonders why the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation has failed to counter the billboards with that point.There are always jokes about their excessive summer holidays, but reasonable people know teachers work hard at a tough job and aren’t societal villains with some irrational plan to ruin our kids. Most have a fond memory of a teacher they had, or know them now as friends and neighbours. If anything, the government’s billboard campaign and portrayal has made normally passive teachers mad. If they weren’t politically active before, they likely are now. The Sask. Party government got a taste of that during the May And they have legitimate reason to be mad, because most everything the government is saying about the problems in Saskatchewan education today belies reality and even truth.Article content For example, the right-wing Fraser Institute — hardly a friend of teachers and the left-wing crowd — recently released a study showing the biggest increases in enrolment have been in Alberta and Saskatchewan . By no small coincidence, these are the two provinces that also witnessed the biggest decline in per student funding when adjusted for inflation. Saskatchewan under this government has gone from the highest operational funding per capita to sixth place in Canada — the reality since this governmentConsider the ramifications to this day, and who is to really to blame for problems in the classrooms. Is it the teachers’ fault parents are now paying hundreds of dollars for lunchtime supervision? Are teachers responsible for most city classes having more than 30 kids and rural classes having two- and sometimes three-grade splits? Can you blame a “woke” agenda by teachers on the fact that it takes months to get appointments with specialists like a speech pathologist?Article content
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