Funding education in Tennessee
The people listed below rock. You want to know why? Because yesterday, they pooled their donations through Tennessee Bloggers For Education and fulfilled a teacher’s request for writing instruction materials for the 3rd grade class at South Park Elementary School in Memphis.
- Beth Roemmelt
- Dave Delaney
- Chris Chamberlain
- Frank Strovel
- Vince Oropesa
- Anonymous Donor
That’s what just 7 people did (including me). Imagine what Tennessee Bloggers can do in 2009.
Conservative bloggers: If you feel we pay too much in taxes and that state funding issues in education are caused by mismanaged budget and spending priorities, put the Tennessee Bloggers For Education widget on your site through 2009 to demonstrate your committment to alternative sources of funding other than raising taxes in Tennessee.
Liberal bloggers: If you feel we don’t pay enough in taxes and that state funding issues in education are caused by broken tax policy, put the Tennessee Bloggers For Education widget on your site through 2009 to demonstrate your committment to fully funded education in Tennessee.
This seems like a really good thing. I just added it to my blog. I can’t really donate right now, but it’s because I work in public education myself :).
Holly, that’s awesome. I think we’ll all slowly fund a lot of high poverty classroom projects in Tennessee over the next year together. It’s alright if you can’t give now. It’s a year long goal, and some of your readers will step up