Teachers don't have basic resources they need while billionaires get massive tax breaks.

[Uncle Joe]

Link to tweet

[dlk]

1. Thank You GOP

[Uncle Joe]

3. It's looks like the teachers had a nice turn out.

10,000 South Carolina teachers, supporters march on the Statehouse






COLUMBIA — Some 10,000 teachers and supporters assembled on a school day Wednesday in South Carolina’s state capital to protest, march and speak for improved working conditions.

The turnout matched one of the largest Statehouse crowds in recent memory. About 10,000 also turned out in 2015 to watch the Confederate flag being removed from the grounds.

If there was one slogan that summed up the frustrations and aspirations of the day it was a chant that teachers repeated again and again, thundering at the base of the Statehouse steps:

“We teach. We vote.”

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https://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-teachers-supporters-march-on-the-statehouse/article_4507e9da-6a8a-11e9-b66c-7b128dfe6021.html

[George II]

2. Nina Turner is now an educator, too? When did that happen?

[KitSileya]

4. And Senator Harris has addressed this issue

She has detailed policy suggestions that are worth looking into:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/kamala-harris-teacher-pay-raise

Kamala Harris announced a plan Tuesday to raise the salaries of teachers across the country by as much as 20%, offering a “historic” federal investment in American educators as the first major policy proposal of her presidential campaign.

The California senator’s plan would try to close is known as the “teacher pay gap,” a gulf in pay between educators and comparable workers. It would mean a direct federal investment of some $315 billion over 10 years, her campaign said, as well as incentives to push states to close the gap on their own.

The plan would give $3 in federal dollars for every $1 states put toward increasing teacher pay relative to other professions in their state. And it would make a “targeted investment” in teacher pay at high-poverty public schools, which mostly serve students of color — a salary boost that is meant, Harris's campaign said, to solve problems with high turnover and low experience that plague many struggling schools.

The plan would also include funding for teacher training and recruitment programs, particularly at historically black colleges.

Senator Warren has also been very vocal in her support for striking teachers.

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5. Yep, Kamala has an actual plan, beyond rhetoric

We need federal money and not just for "basic" resources. We need higher salaries.