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Public school teachers must certainly feel uplifted, knowing the Sutherland Institute recognizes educators' successful improvement of test scores, but at the same time confirms that their success negates any necessity for raising school taxes.
Sutherland's spokesperson, Christine Cooke (The Tribune, Nov. 27) evidently sees no need to reward them for their efforts, should the Legislature provide means for adequate cost of living increases, to reward performance and to lower class sizes.
After all, they teach because of their love of teaching. Let's not demean the nobility of their profession by providing higher pay. (As a former public school teacher, I shouldn't be sarcastic.)
Karl Swan
Roy