This Labor Day there was something missing. Respect for teachers and their unions.

[madfloridian]

4. FL teachers union to take action against private vouchers which "decimate" public schools.

Adding this article, and in effect kicking. Getting attention to unions for teachers here is like beating a drum no one wants to hear. Why? Because the attacks on them go against all Democratic principles.

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/education/2014/08/28/fla-teachers-union-others-sue-voucher-program/14780585/

Saying it has reached a “tipping point,” Florida’s teacher union along with other groups filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at ending one of the nation’s largest private school voucher programs.

The lawsuit filed in Leon County contends that a program that serves 60,000 students primarily from low-income families violates the state’s constitution by creating a parallel education system and by directing tax money to religious institutions. Most of the schools that utilize the vouchers in the nearly $300 million program are religious.

Those involved in the lawsuit, including the Florida Education Association, the NAACP, and the groups that represent school boards and school association, argued that the program was draining money away from existing public schools and the children that attend them.

“The public school system has been decimated,” said Dale Landry, citing cutbacks in the number of hours that children spend inside a classroom. “We need to go back and reinvest in our public school system.”