It is great that so many people are interested in this issue! However, few of you have read Lanni's msg without prejudice. Most people think they way the teacher's union wants you to think, casinos have lots of money, and the schools don't. The reality is that the casinos in Nevada pay 100% of the State portion of k-12 edcuation, and that is about 34% of the total state budget. The truth is that the school system is flush with money, what they lack is competent management of those resources.

Just recently it was announced that there was mass failure in Clark County schools on the math tests...and the educators don't know how to solve the problem. Yet those same people of demonstrable incompetence demand raises! No amount of money will solve this problem of education qualtiy. Never has, never will.

Money cannot overcome incompetence. All it does is buy complacency; that is what the union wants, fat and happy teachers.