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American teachers competing for jobs against J-1 foreigners, who get low wages, pay no FICA taxes

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Glendale, known as "Arizona's Antique Capital" and home to the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL, has a problem. The city doesn't like paying its elementary public school teachers a decent wage. With a Master's degree annual teacher's base pay is only $41,007. Ph.Ds earn just $1,000 more! Boasting a  median family income of $51,162, Glendale is … Continue reading American teachers competing for jobs against J-1 foreigners, who get low wages, pay no FICA taxes

Our schools are safe – networks and politicians panic

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 1 Comment

In the past 67 years mass shootings of more than 10 persons (including the killer) have claimed 453 lives, some seven per year, averaging one event every other year. Two massacres - Las Vegas (59 killed in 2017), and Orlando (50 killed in 2016) - account for about one quarter of all attacks. Seven of … Continue reading Our schools are safe – networks and politicians panic