RECORD EDITORIAL CASTIGATES MONEY ALONE AS DETERMINING BETTER PUBLIC EDUCATION

So it seems we have the worst of all worlds. In the U.S. education is chronically underfunded. Teachers are disrespected and underpaid. Geez I'd love to send a few of our overentitled, unappreciative teachers to the U.S. for about a year. They might actually appreciate what they've got here when they got back. Meanwhile Ontario has increased spending per student by 47% between 2005 and 2018 and Waterloo Region schools are falling behind other Ontario jurisdictions in both graduation rates and English literacy and math.

Yesterday's posting talked about the Trustee system and how it's often used as nothing more than a political springboard. This is so true locally with most just going on to Regional or municipal Councils. Others get into provincial or federal politics. Certainly I believe that pro status quo Trustees have contributed to the problem. That problem is a system looking inwards. It's all about teachers, the union, staff and administration wages, benefits and perks. Students and parents come dead last. And the results of decades of this speak for themselves here in Waterloo. Hello to you Cecil, Jim, Howard and all the past filth on the WRDSB. The Waterloo Region Record article dated April 19/17 is titled "Money alone doesn't educate".