Public schools
This week we read that the Teachers Union is in negotiations with DPS over a new contract. They actually want to increase the wages of teachers.
Obviously, there are many really good teachers but the union wants DPS to increase ALL teachers’ wages.
Any businessperson will tell you that if his employees are causing a serious loss in productivity that severely threaten his company’s existence, he will not reward the cause of his firm’s failures.
Two years ago, my son and I were discussing the poor school performance of his 10-year-old son. My grandson, who was about to enter the fifth grade was reading at about the second grade level. Further, his peers at school were tormenting him, calling him “dumb.” He could not spell and his math skills were very poor. We decided that I would home school the boy. He has just turned 12 and is finishing the 6th grade. He is now reading close to grade level and his math skills are much higher than his sister’s who is just finishing her first year in high school. While his self-esteem was poor before, he now has confidence that he is a very bright kid.
The school system failed my grandson and obviously, it is failing many other Denver kids.
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