Blame Funding, Not Fair Pay for School Workers

So, according to Lydia Segal, all problems with the nation’s schools are the result of paying tradespeople to make repairs (Commentary, April 7). She can’t be serious. Inadequate funding of public schools and the resulting poor student performance are not only the result but the goal of conservative politics.

It’s no accident that schools are broke. That’s more money for doctrinaire religious, private and home schools. If Segal believes that fair wages are responsible for the fact that Americans can’t read or add, or that they believe in creationism and angels, she probably didn’t go to public school. An educated population would never fall for such an argument.

Joseph Chianese

Oakland