How will the Republican Party Reform Nevada Education?

I posted this to Facebook last week in response to the Republican wave that took over all Nevada Constitutional offices as well as both houses of the state legislature. In case you missed it I am re-posting it here.  

I'm curious exactly how the Republicans are going to improve education in Nevada without raising taxes to pay for it. With Tea Party Republicans entrenched in the state legislature, to include Chairwoman Fiore (Taxation) the only thing that is going to rise in Nevada is the ire of teachers tired of being attacked and scapegoated by legislators and policy makers who have no experience in the real world of education. I suppose by sitting out this election we did it to ourselves, but "reforming" tenure due process rights, collective bargaining, and implementing performance bonuses based on a dubious "value added" model will catapult Nevada to best in the nation status in regard to education. Then it again may not.

Please let me remind you that we started the school year with a "staggering teacher shortage" of over 400 educators. This was not some strange anomaly particular to Clark County, but is a national trend afflicting our education system. A recent Edweek headline warns that "Steep Drops Seen in Teacher-Prep Enrollment Numbers: California and other big states particularly hard hit, raising supply concerns." As a society we can beat up on teachers for only so long before young people decide it is not worth it, despite the missionary calling to do good work. I believe we have already reached that point. Many believe that we can shore up our teacher shortage by expanding the Teach for America program in Nevada. TFA educators are smart and highly motivated, but statistically they don't stay in the classroom very long, moving on to administration, think tanks, and non-profits after only a few years, creating turnover that is antithetical to positive student outcomes. Let me be clear, teaching is a craft that takes years of hard work and experience to develop, and should not be a resume builder, before going off to do "real" careers.

The reformers erroneously believe that dismantling public education by redirecting tax dollars to voucher programs and charter schools is the solution, my only question is, who are they going to get to teach?