NOVEMBER BALLOT QUESTION 2– THE MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (MTA) [UNION] ABSOLUTELY SUCKS OUT LOUD. FOR THEM IT’S NEVER ‘ABOUT THE CHILDREN.’ IT’S ALL ABOUT THEIR TAXPAYER-SUPPLIED PAY AND BENEFITS WHILE BEING HELD TO ZERO STANDARDS.

It became clear that the MTA is led by a collection of Fact-Free Leftist, Racist, Propagandist Buffoons when its leaders issued their infamous “Dear White Educators” letter following the death of serial criminal offender-doper-counterfeiter George Floyd back in 2020– A message from ALANA educators (massteacher.org) By the way, George Floyd’s Hennepin County autopsy report showed that there was no damage to his airways, BUT that he had heart disease and a potentially lethal amount of fentanyl in his system. Ya, Ya, George Floyd was a paragon of virtue alright. As for the other alleged Black ‘victims’ listed in that letter, ONLY Ahmaud Arbery was a truly innocent victim and his murderers got life in prison– Ahmaud Arbery’s killers sentenced to life in prison for 25-year-old Black man’s murder | CNN

IF THE MTA REALLY, REALLY CARED ABOUT ‘THE CHILDREN’ IT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSION IN MASSACHUSETTS. CHARTER SCHOOLS OUT-PERFORM ORDINARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS– Charter Schools Are Outperforming Traditional Public Schools: 6 Takeaways From a New Study (edweek.org) THAT’S WHY PARENTS CLAMOR TO GET THEIR KIDS INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

BUT NOOO. The MTA led the 2016 drive to shoot down Massachusetts Charter School expansion– Charter school expansion shot down | AP News  The mediocrities inside the MTA don’t like competition and hate being shown-up.

SO NOW the MTA has gotten Question 2 on the November 2024 election ballot. If passed Question 2 would ELIMINATE MCAS testing standards as a high school graduation requirement. That’s right—the MTA is all about NOT BEING HELD TO STANDARDS while scarfing Massachusetts taxpayer funding. That’s yet more proof that it is a collection of mediocrities EAGER TO DUMB-DOWN YOUR KIDS WHILE THEY KEEP THEIR PUBLIC FEEDING TROUGH GRAVY TRAIN GOING.

This is what the Massachusetts Legislature’s Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petition[s] had to say, in pertinent part, about Ballot Question 2:

“[S]imply eliminating the uniform graduation requirement, which will allow students to graduate who do not meet basic standards, with no standardized and consistent benchmark in place to ensure those standards are met, will not improve student outcomes and runs the risk of exacerbating inconsistencies and inequities in instruction and learning across districts… [It] OUGHT NOT TO BE ENACTED….”

On 5 November 2024 VOTE ‘NO’ ON BALLOT QUESTION 2.

J.G.