Oklahoma has a teacher crisis. After slashing school funding by nearly a fourth since 2008 — more than any other state — Oklahoma is losing teachers. Its teacher pay ranks near the bottom, and its teachers haven’t received a raise in 8 years. They’re leaving for jobs in other states, and Oklahoma’s teacher shortage is so dire the state is issuing “emergency certifications” to untrained teachers.
“Sand Springs Superintendent Lloyd Snow said his district started the year with six substitute teachers and still has an opening for a librarian …. ‘The pool of candidates is smaller now than I have seen in my entire career,'” he said. … ‘This is a reflection of a toxic political climate where education is considered a liability, not an investment, by many of our policy makers,’ Snow said. ‘This is a self-imposed crisis due to a lack of leadership that should concern us all.'”
This is what Republican tax and budget policies look like in practice.
http://kfor.com/2015/01/20/teacher-shortage-emergency-grows-in-oklahoma/
I wonder if this Tulsa school is starved for funding because the students aren’t white enough? I’m not suggesting that, and I don’t think so. I think Republicans are just cheapskates who don’t want to pay taxes for public services.