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Show 137 It appears that at the heart of the issue is money volved parties are rhetoric used i the arguments.53 the stronger influence on preted economic basically an it a local/lay While all right. Most parties control are major issue regardless of the a The question of who will those who control education association movement labels it label about or to admit that economics is as in concerned about educational expenditures which are either too high, too low, willing All can exert be inter consideration, although the a professional concern and opponents question. opposing parties accuse each other of being mainly interested in money, it is not clear how the rank and file teachers themselves perceive the situation. most Utah teachers the leaders theyelect.54 do not elect their keep joining are more to the the associations. own conservative and less militant than If it is they been are, kind to lead them. puzzling that they In addition, teachers point that virtually all teachers belong to While they may disapprove of the militant direc tion the movement has taken and the leaders, they do Teacher watchers believe that not refuse to political activism accept of their any benefits which may have gained with tactics they dislike. 53It is readily admitted by representatives of various power groups that the issue is money and that who controls the schools controls the money. In 1975, the Granite Hence, a power strugg1e School District discussed economics by taking the case to the public via a full page ad in the Salt Lake daily newspapers. See Salt Lake Tribune, 12 October 1975, p. A-3. 54When interviewed, Chaffin, Long, McCarty, and Tolman all agreed that Utah teachers are more passive and conservaitve than their leaders. |
