What did the recent KY Teacher Pension Protest in Frankfort accomplish?

At this point the talk is reduced to almost nothing.

I mentioned it in another thread, the teachers will get a few crumbs and then BAM!

Because this is an opportunity to try something new, give people a choice, and see if it is a better way of educating our children.

Consider the source of this article, as it is from the Washington Post, but ... if the facts are accurate, not a good report on Charter Schools.

A dozen problems with charter schools - The Washington Post

I have a hard time seeing the value of charter schools. It seems to me that charter schools are just private schools funded with public money. How does that help education overall? The challenge is getting the kids with tough family situations and a lack of support to care and perform in school. Charter schools don't fix that.

It accomplished very little.

More funding usually gets fed to non-teaching positions. I'm not saying those are unnecessary, but there are too many and they gobble up funds.

It happens. It doesn't have to. Schools follow tons of rules on allocation of money. This could be no different if the funding were earmarked for teachers and the reduction of class size. Trust me there are plenty of eyes to help enforce.

Sorry, I am confused. This isn't over is it? Didn't the governor veto the budget plan, yesterday?

I'm still hearing and reading a lot of talk.

No it isn't. if it were, then I'd support. The minute they let the behavior disordered kid from Covington into the suburban schools or the pregnant teen into their schools then we have true choice. Then it will have my support. But we know that ain't happening.

It's not new nationally. It by and large has been a failure even when they sort a select kids.

There are already plenty of private school options. Though they can be expensive, many have financial aid.

Correct. We could see basically the same thing or worse as far as rallys and/or strikes are concerned. We are talking about two different support bills that affect schools and teachers: budget and pension reform.
He did not veto pension reform yet.
But the budget that increased SEEK funding and restored transportation funding was just vetoed.

I follow WLEX on twitter and found their report a bit misleading by mentioning the teacher walkout (their words not mine) in the same breath as the veto.

Thanks for clarifying it for me.

What could it accomplish? Not being smart, and I participated in the rally and was encouraged by the number of participants and the renewed interest in local/state issues, but even while there I wasn't sure what the end game was. Bottom line, I think everybody in the building (governor, legislators, teachers) all want something different and none have really shown much interest in working together to fix the issue in either the short- or long-term.

The biggest accomplishment of teacher rallies may be the attention that our public education system is getting.