Comments on: Public schools asking for 13 percent budget increase http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/public-schools-to-asking-for-13-percent-budget-increase/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-schools-to-asking-for-13-percent-budget-increase Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 20:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Your Brother http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/public-schools-to-asking-for-13-percent-budget-increase/#comment-126589 Your Brother Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:52:39 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=46301#comment-126589 I have been a teacher for a long time and asking for this kind of money is not responsible. The education leadership in Mississippi has lost touch with what is going on in the classroom and it is their leadership that is failing the students!

]]> By: Lamar http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/public-schools-to-asking-for-13-percent-budget-increase/#comment-126568 Lamar Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:29:35 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=46301#comment-126568 Well I don’t think that will happen to be honest. If you are not familiar with this year state budget cuts. I will refresh you memory. The government took money from K-12 and Universities and gave a 6.9% increase to State Prisons and Welfare Serivices..they care more concerned about criminals and the sorry people who are not working than the people who are working. Good Luck.

]]> By: Juno http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/public-schools-to-asking-for-13-percent-budget-increase/#comment-126567 Juno Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:22:38 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=46301#comment-126567 What this article fails to mention is that in the next year, Mississippi schools are transitioning to “Common Core” curriculum, which will align what we’re teaching our kids with what schools in other states are doing. We’ll be educating kids at the same level as teachers in Delaware, Michigan, Arizona, etc. There are 44 states going to this Common Core, so our kids will truly be able to compete with kids anywhere else in the country.

Teachers will have to be trained on how to teach this new curriculum. You can’t just jump into something this major without giving your people directions on how it works. Part of the budget increase is for this purpose.

]]> By: tom http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/public-schools-to-asking-for-13-percent-budget-increase/#comment-126544 tom Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:57:29 +0000 http://msbusiness.com/?p=46301#comment-126544 When are taxpayer employees are going to get the job done without asking for more money. Get in the real business world and this superintendent would lose all credibility during the economic conditions we are in.

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