Help Your Kid's School Out

I got an e-mail from my son's kindergarten teacher today about a need for some additional supplies for his kindergarten class. There is a very cool site Donorschoose.org The concept is simple, you look for projects in your child's school or classroom, view the request and then decide whether or not you want to help fund the project.

Some of you cynics may take this as a teacher asking for more at every turn, but I look at this as a voluntary request to improve your child's education. No tax increase, no pressure, those who can help, do. Teachers that take the extra initiative to make sure their students get the best learning deserve to make more than they currently do. Those who put forth the effort and get the results should be compensated better. Not across the board pay increases, merit based pay increases. Someday I'll go into my thoughts on education reform, but I'm tired and my wife will kick my butt if I don't get to bed soon.