Starving Michigan schools: Capital City Lansing schools eliminate ALL art, music and phys. ed. teachers
A generation of future entrepreneurs denied essential skills
To hear Governor Snyder tell it, Republicans haven’t reduced school funding. Everything is great for Michigan schools, he will tell you. If you want the real story, however, start attending your local school board meetings and listen to the decision-makers grappling with ever-shrinking budgets that have them choosing between offering our educators the wages and benefits they deserve and shutting down schools and eliminating programs. The reality is that our state government is starving our K-12 public schools and those chickens are beginning to come home to roost.
This past week, the Lansing Public School District announced that it is firing all 50 physical education, music and art teachers.
Details including the unintended long-term consequences of this action after the jump.
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