Michael Ramirez for August 13, 2023

If “union bad”, that must mean “corporate overlord good”.

Not in any lifetime, Mike.

Lord of the rings?

Public schools struggling while funds are diverted elsewhere, what a (lousy) system.

If conservatives had their choice, teachers would make less than minimum wage because they only consider teaching “part time.” That’s why US schools rank so low compared to other top-ten economic or tries. When you treat teachers like professionals and pay them accordingly, you attract top talent. This people stay in the profession because they can have the same quality of life as other professionals.

Instead, you talk about keeping their wages low and stripping them of their retirement benefits (the only perk they really get).

Teaching your bratty children is not the joy you think it is. And “involved parents” are the true problem. Raise better kids and have parents keep their personal opinions to them selves, and student performance will improve.

The tired trope of teacher union omnipotence trotted out just in time for the start of the school year. Then, in the next breath, “we support teachers”. I never quite understood how you square that circle of supporting teachers, but being against unions made up of those teachers.

Looks like schools have been failing for long, considering what Ramirez got for an education.

Ask any Republican: teachers are wonderful, hardworking, loving individuals until they band together to form unions and then they all become evil incarnate.

Failing students and failing parents are part of the problem.

The Union banned school books in FL. Didn’t know DeSantis was the head of the Union too.

“You load 16 tons, what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debtSt. Peter, don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t goI owe my soul to the company store”Yep, corporate greed and poor white slavery, can’t teach critical race theory because the poor whites will learn just how it relates to them and they might retaliate and bring more balance to the system like “Unions” did in the past

Ramirez giving me whiplash again! Smart, stupid, etc. over and over.

Teacher union mantra – No student pays union dues.

Yes, it’s BAD for schools to pay teachers decently.

You have a choice for your children. Public school with actual, trained educators, the church of Hitler youth, or homeschooling by parents afraid of the education they never allowed for themselves.Only one of these choices will allow your child to sucessfully compete in their future.

Choose wisely.

Teachers’ unions are a strong argument for School Choice

Unions and the G.I. Bill ushered more Americans into the Middle Class than anything else. Do you suppose employers want the unions gone because they want to compensate you more for your skill and labor?

Excellent toon. Kid’s educations are being sacrificed for a Union, so sickening.

The founders of this country believed that education is an essential part of a healthy democracy. Many Colonial Era state constitutions had provisions for schools funded by the state. They did not trust the whims of parents to ensure a proper education for their children, nor did they feel there should be two education systems, one for the rich and one for the poor.

Today’s conservatives wish to undo that. They can see that educated people no longer buy the conservatives beliefs in religion, race, American and World history or literature. They prefer closed minds to open ones. And so, they attack schools and blame teacher’s unions.

Attacking teacher’s unions as the root of all that is bad in American education makes no sense. Unions have little to do with what is taught in schools. Curriculum is a state government and local school board decision. Unions represent teachers, who like the people who work the line at GM or Ford, want reasonable work conditions and compensation. Unions represent the good , the bad and the ugly, but it’s state laws that protect teachers from arbitrary firing. The union just makes sure due process was followed.

The unions aren’t banning books. The unions aren’t telling teachers they can’t say “gay”. The unions aren’t cutting school funds. That’s republican lawmakers.

you’re right mikie…make those teachers keep buying school supplies on their own dime… and make sure the books they use to teach cover all the ‘alternative facts’ you and your pu$$y grabber hero preach… mikie…. as someone once said…( me )… and to put it in Biblical terms you surly understand…… ‘’ go ye forth and inseminate thyself….’’

The right wing attitude.

and NOT A WORD about the Department of Education…

Colorado seems to have turned things around by introducing school choice. Raised the rating from 34th overall and the bottom 10 in Denver in 2007 to 21st in 21 22. Teachers unions in Washington State oppose school choice, annual evaluations and closing low performing schools.

“We LOVE the poorly educated” — Republican Messiah.

Unions are just freedom of assembly.

Why do some people think it’s bad for workers to organize? Employers organize.

And Republicans think giving more money to rich people will make them do their jobs better. Why do they think it will make workers do their jobs badly?

The public schools have gotten worse since they were defunded in the 1980s, though.

The Republican plan for schools is to return to the pre-public school era that was only started in the early 20th century. All schools will be private, and parents will have to pay a hefty sum to get them in. Or you’ll be shuttled to a garbage charter school with the “teachers” who will tell you Jesus rode a dinosaur and the Earth is 4,000 years old (actual material from Louisiana btw). The poor kids will go to work in meatpacking plants and farms and some other factories which is why they’re lowering the working age in Republican states. They want a completely ignorant public who will believe all their lies.

One poster claims that sending your kids to a private school makes them Hitler Youth. This headline proves he’s wrong, again! Private School Students Excelled During Pandemic While Public Schools Lost More Ground