There is always a price to be paid for playing politics with money ... and it is no different for education. A month ago I wrote that the massive amount of pink slips was going to cost California its young teachers, as a result of enormous proposed budget cuts from Gov. Schwarzenegger. Well, now word that other states have smelled blood in the water and are making efforts to woo California's young teachers away; I don't blame the other states for poaching in the least.

There is always a price to be paid for playing politics with money. Maybe the ultimate political gain is worth it, but the price being paid here is steep. They will never get many of these teachers back and the current cohort of untenured teachers will never be the same and it is the kids that will have to pay the price for this nonsense for years to come.