This is something I was hoping to go through my whole career without having to face.
I am so incredibly torn over the issue of teacher walk outs or work stoppages in protest against the legislature’s non-support of public education. I understand that desperate times call for desperate measures, and that the goal is to draw the public’s attention to the issue.
On one hand, a teacher walk out or work stoppage certainly gets the public’s attention. The news reports it, the internet trolls chime in about lazy and greedy teachers, and the flames of what passes for discourse in our country are fanned once again. The hope: the public will rise up in support of teachers, demand accountability from their elected officials, and tides will turn in favor of students, teachers, and voters.
On the other hand, I wonder whether it will really have the effect intended.