Texas Educators School Greg Abbott On Public Education
The association that represents Texas teachers has strong words for Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Greg Abbott calling his budget plan "a slap in the face" to Texas school children, parents and the more than 600,000 Texans who work in the state's public school system. In a blistering statement they admonish him for pandering to his right-wing base instead of taking a strong leadership role arguing that he should, "put the needs of our children first, not bow to a political ideology intent on starving public education."
Ironically, Public Education is not even listed under "Issues" on Abbott's campaign website for Governor, and of the 600 words in his recently pinned Op-Ed entitled "A working plan for Texas" not a single one is, "education."
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http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14298/texas-educators-school-greg-abbott-on-public-education
